Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 27 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 2,552% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (6.5 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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