Country size comparison
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Botswana is about 4.6 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 361% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (7.2 million fewer people live in Botswana).
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