Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 2.3 times bigger than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 132% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (7.5 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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