Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 9,696 times smaller than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.01% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.6 million people (2.6 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.