Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 8 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 728% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in Botswana).
This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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