Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.5 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 54% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (121.8 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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