Country size comparison

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Russia is about 29 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 2,839% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (139.6 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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