Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.6 times smaller than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 61.41% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~70.5 million people (68.0 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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