Country size comparison
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Pennsylvania is about 5 times smaller than Botswana.
Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 19.95% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (10.3 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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