Country size comparison
South Africa
compared to
Botswana
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).
We have positioned the outline of Botswana near the middle of South Africa.
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This to-scale comparison of
Botswana
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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