Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 5 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 416% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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