Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 19 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 1,816% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.4 million people (198,797 more people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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