Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 2.2 times bigger than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 116% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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