Country size comparison
compared to
Botswana is about 1.4 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 44% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (34.9 million fewer people live in Botswana).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Botswana
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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