Country size comparison

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Somalia is around the same size as Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 10% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.6 million people (17.1 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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