Botswana is about 9 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 838% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (2.4 million more people live in Botswana).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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