Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 9 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 787% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (20.8 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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