Italy is about 1.9 times smaller than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 51.8% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (58.7 million more people live in Italy).
This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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