Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 2.8 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 35.29% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (84.4 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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