Country size comparison

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Turkey is about 1.6 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, making Turkey 64.27% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (25.5 million more people live in Turkey).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Turkey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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