Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 4.4 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 343% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (2.4 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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