Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 6 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 467% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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