Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 6 times smaller than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 15.83% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (7.9 million more people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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