Country size comparison
compared to
United Kingdom is about 5 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km,
while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making
United Kingdom 19.98% the size of South Africa.
Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people
(10.3 million more people live in United Kingdom).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
United Kingdom
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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