Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 16 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 1,517% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (21.2 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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