Country size comparison

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Latvia is about 9 times smaller than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, making Latvia 11.1% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (542,020 fewer people live in Latvia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Latvia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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