Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 2.5 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 155% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (1.7 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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