South Africa size comparison
1,221,037 km2 / 471,320 mile2
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (former Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho.
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South Africa compared to Saved places
South Africa compared to European countries
The Balkans is
0.38 times
as big as South Africa
Baltic States is
0.14 times
as big as South Africa
Belarus is
0.17 times
as big as South Africa
Czechoslovakia is
0.10 times
as big as South Africa
Germany is
0.29 times
as big as South Africa
England is
0.11 times
as big as South Africa
Spain is
0.41 times
as big as South Africa
Finland is
0.28 times
as big as South Africa
France is
0.45 times
as big as South Africa
United Kingdom is
0.20 times
as big as South Africa
Iberian Peninsula is
0.48 times
as big as South Africa
Italy is
0.25 times
as big as South Africa
Norway is
0.27 times
as big as South Africa
Nordic countries is
1.06 times
as big as South Africa
Poland is
0.26 times
as big as South Africa
Romania is
0.20 times
as big as South Africa
Scandinavian Peninsula is
0.61 times
as big as South Africa
Sweden is
0.37 times
as big as South Africa
Ukraine is
0.49 times
as big as South Africa
Ural Mountains is
0.41 times
as big as South Africa
Yugoslavia is
0.21 times
as big as South Africa
South Africa compared to Asian countries
Afghanistan is
0.53 times
as big as South Africa
Arabian peninsula is
2.65 times
as big as South Africa
Bangladesh is
0.12 times
as big as South Africa
China is
7.86 times
as big as South Africa
Indonesia is
1.52 times
as big as South Africa
India is
2.69 times
as big as South Africa
Iraq is
0.36 times
as big as South Africa
Iran is
1.33 times
as big as South Africa
Japan is
0.31 times
as big as South Africa
Kamchatka Peninsula is
0.22 times
as big as South Africa
Kenya is
0.48 times
as big as South Africa
Kyrgyzstan is
0.16 times
as big as South Africa
Cambodia is
0.15 times
as big as South Africa
Korean peninsula is
0.18 times
as big as South Africa
Kurdistan is
0.32 times
as big as South Africa
Kazakhstan is
2.23 times
as big as South Africa
Laos is
0.19 times
as big as South Africa
Levant is
0.27 times
as big as South Africa
Malay peninsula is
0.20 times
as big as South Africa
Manchuria is
0.64 times
as big as South Africa
Middle East is
5.90 times
as big as South Africa
Myanmar is
0.55 times
as big as South Africa
Mongolia is
1.28 times
as big as South Africa
Malaysia is
0.27 times
as big as South Africa
Nepal is
0.12 times
as big as South Africa
Oman is
0.25 times
as big as South Africa
Papua New Guinea is
0.38 times
as big as South Africa
Philippines is
0.25 times
as big as South Africa
Pakistan is
0.65 times
as big as South Africa
Saudi Arabia is
1.76 times
as big as South Africa
Syria is
0.15 times
as big as South Africa
Thailand is
0.42 times
as big as South Africa
Tajikistan is
0.12 times
as big as South Africa
Turkmenistan is
0.40 times
as big as South Africa
Turkey is
0.64 times
as big as South Africa
Uzbekistan is
0.37 times
as big as South Africa
Vietnam is
0.27 times
as big as South Africa
Yemen is
0.43 times
as big as South Africa
South Africa compared to African countries
Angola is
1.02 times
as big as South Africa
Burkina Faso is
0.22 times
as big as South Africa
Botswana is
0.48 times
as big as South Africa
DR Congo is
1.92 times
as big as South Africa
Central African Republic is
0.51 times
as big as South Africa
Congo is
0.28 times
as big as South Africa
Ivory Coast is
0.26 times
as big as South Africa
Cameroon is
0.39 times
as big as South Africa
Darfur (Sudan) is
0.40 times
as big as South Africa
Algeria is
1.95 times
as big as South Africa
Egypt is
0.82 times
as big as South Africa
Western Sahara is
0.22 times
as big as South Africa
Ethiopia is
0.90 times
as big as South Africa
Gabon is
0.22 times
as big as South Africa
Ghana is
0.20 times
as big as South Africa
Guinea is
0.20 times
as big as South Africa
Horn of Africa is
1.54 times
as big as South Africa
Kalahari Desert is
0.74 times
as big as South Africa
Libya is
1.44 times
as big as South Africa
Morocco is
0.37 times
as big as South Africa
Maghreb is
4.95 times
as big as South Africa
Madagascar is
0.48 times
as big as South Africa
Mali is
1.02 times
as big as South Africa
Mauritania is
0.84 times
as big as South Africa
Mozambique is
0.66 times
as big as South Africa
Namibia is
0.67 times
as big as South Africa
Niger is
1.04 times
as big as South Africa
Nigeria is
0.76 times
as big as South Africa
Nile Basin is
2.78 times
as big as South Africa
Sahara Desert is
7.70 times
as big as South Africa
Sahel is
2.50 times
as big as South Africa
Sudan is
1.54 times
as big as South Africa
Senegal is
0.16 times
as big as South Africa
Somalia is
0.52 times
as big as South Africa
Somaliland is
0.14 times
as big as South Africa
South Sudan is
0.51 times
as big as South Africa
Chad is
1.05 times
as big as South Africa
Tunisia is
0.13 times
as big as South Africa
Tanzania is
0.77 times
as big as South Africa
Uganda is
0.20 times
as big as South Africa
Zambia is
0.62 times
as big as South Africa
Zimbabwe is
0.32 times
as big as South Africa
South Africa compared to US States
California (US) is
0.35 times
as big as South Africa
Texas (US) is
0.57 times
as big as South Africa
Alaska (US) is
1.41 times
as big as South Africa
Alabama (US) is
0.11 times
as big as South Africa
Arkansas (US) is
0.11 times
as big as South Africa
Arizona (US) is
0.24 times
as big as South Africa
Colorado (US) is
0.22 times
as big as South Africa
Florida (US) is
0.14 times
as big as South Africa
Georgia (US) is
0.13 times
as big as South Africa
Iowa (US) is
0.12 times
as big as South Africa
Idaho (US) is
0.18 times
as big as South Africa
Illinois (US) is
0.12 times
as big as South Africa
Kansas (US) is
0.17 times
as big as South Africa
Louisiana (US) is
0.11 times
as big as South Africa
Michigan (US) is
0.12 times
as big as South Africa
Minnesota (US) is
0.18 times
as big as South Africa
Missouri (US) is
0.15 times
as big as South Africa
Mississippi (US) is
0.10 times
as big as South Africa
Montana (US) is
0.31 times
as big as South Africa
North Carolina (US) is
0.11 times
as big as South Africa
North Dakota (US) is
0.15 times
as big as South Africa
Nebraska (US) is
0.16 times
as big as South Africa
New Mexico (US) is
0.26 times
as big as South Africa
Nevada (US) is
0.23 times
as big as South Africa
New York State (US) is
0.12 times
as big as South Africa
Oklahoma (US) is
0.15 times
as big as South Africa
Oregon (US) is
0.21 times
as big as South Africa
South Dakota (US) is
0.16 times
as big as South Africa
Utah (US) is
0.18 times
as big as South Africa
Washington (US) is
0.15 times
as big as South Africa
Wisconsin (US) is
0.14 times
as big as South Africa
Wyoming (US) is
0.21 times
as big as South Africa