Country size comparison

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Niger is about 2.2 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 118% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (22.1 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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