Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 5 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 395% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (3.8 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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