North Africa vs. South Africa: Land Area

North Africa is far larger than South Africa.

• North Africa (UN definition: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara): ~9.1 million km² (3.5 million sq mi).
• South Africa (country): 1.22 million km² (471,000 sq mi).

North Africa is ~7.5 times larger. Even Algeria alone (2.38M km²) is nearly double South Africa.