Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 2.2 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 45.91% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (22.1 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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