Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 29 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 3.4% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (139.6 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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