Country size comparison
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Tuvalu is about 46,888 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Tuvalu is approximately 26 sq km, making Tuvalu 0.0% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.5 million fewer people live in Tuvalu).
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