Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 23 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 2,198% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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