Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.8 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 76% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (31.5 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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