Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 2.3 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 43.31% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (26.5 million fewer people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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