Country size comparison
compared to
Botswana is about 6 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 467% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in Botswana).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
Botswana
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