Country size comparison

compared to

France is around the same size as Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 94.8% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (65.9 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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