Country size comparison

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Libya is about 3 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 202% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (4.8 million more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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