Country size comparison

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Turks and Caicos Islands is about 1,286 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Turks and Caicos Islands is approximately 948 sq km, making Turks and Caicos Islands 0.08% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.5 million fewer people live in Turks and Caicos Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Turks and Caicos Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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