Country size comparison
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New Zealand is about 2.2 times smaller than Botswana.
Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 46.21% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (2.7 million more people live in New Zealand).
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