Country size comparison

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Botswana is around the same size as France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 5% larger than France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (65.9 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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