Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.3 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 77.29% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (17.3 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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