Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 3.5 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 255% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (1.8 million more people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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