Country size comparison

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Venezuela is about 1.3 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Venezuela is approximately 912,050 sq km, making Venezuela 74.81% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (27.7 million fewer people live in Venezuela).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Venezuela uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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