Botswana vs China
China is 16.5 times larger than Botswana. Botswana would fit into China about 16 times.
BotswanaChinaBotswana moved onto China · Equal-area projection
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Botswana is 0.06× the area of China. Put the other way, China is 16.5× the size of Botswana.
| Botswana | China | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 581,737 km² | 9,596,961 km² |
| Population | 2,562,122 | 1,406,585,000 |
| Density | 4.4 / km² | 147 / km² |
| Capital | Gaborone | Beijing |
| Region | Southern Africa | Eastern Asia |
| Coastline | Landlocked | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 17 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Botswana sits at about 22°S and is stretched to 1.17× its true area; China at 37° N is stretched to 1.56×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Botswana bigger than China?
- No. Botswana is 16.5 times smaller than China. Botswana covers 581,737 km² and China covers 9,596,961 km².
- How many times does Botswana fit into China?
- About 16 times: China has 16.5× the area of Botswana.
- Why do Botswana and China look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Botswana is drawn about 1.17× its true area there and China about 1.56×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Botswana or China?
- China: 1,406,585,000 people against 2,562,122. Density: Botswana 4.4 per km², China 147 per km².