Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 3 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 33.06% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (4.8 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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