Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 1.9 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 90% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (111.3 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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