Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.3 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 33% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (38.1 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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