Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 2.1 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 110% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (55.1 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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