Botswana is about 4 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 302% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (662,109 fewer people live in Botswana).
This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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