Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.5 times bigger than Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 49% larger than Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the population of Zimbabwe is ~17.0 million people (14.4 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zimbabwe vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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