Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 2.5 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 39.27% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (1.7 million more people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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