Country size comparison

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Botswana is around the same size as Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 10% larger than Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~41.8 million people (39.2 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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