Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.9 times smaller than Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 52.68% the size of Ethiopia. Meanwhile, the population of Ethiopia is ~135.5 million people (132.9 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ethiopia vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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