Country size comparison

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Norway is about 1.8 times smaller than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 55.66% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (3.2 million more people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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