Country size comparison

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Australia is about 13 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 1,231% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (23.8 million more people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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