Country size comparison
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Tonga is about 1,632 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Tonga is approximately 747 sq km, making Tonga 0.06% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.4 million fewer people live in Tonga).
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