Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 14 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 1,300% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (15.0 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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