Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.3 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 29% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (8.1 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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