Total & land area: Austria vs Botswana size comparison

Botswana is 6.94 times bigger by total area compared to Austria: 224,610 sq mi vs 32,386 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Botswana is 218,816 sq mi vs 31,861 sq mi for Austria — a 6.87 times difference in territory size.

Austria ranks 113/197 by total surface area vs 47/197 for Botswana.
Austria occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.38% for Botswana.
31.5% of Austria's area is agricultural land vs 45.6% in Botswana.
Austria has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Botswana has 0.54%.
47.2% of Austria is covered by forests, compared to 26.3% in Botswana.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Austria, and 0.37% are in Botswana.

True size map comparison: Austria vs Botswana

See how Austria and Botswana compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Austria	Botswana
Total area	32,386 sq mi	224,610 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	6.94
Total area rank	113/197	47/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.11%
Land area	31,861 sq mi	218,816 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	6.87
Land area rank	113/197	47/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.38%
Population	9,177,982	2,521,139
Population density	287.6 ppl/mi²	11.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Austria	Botswana
Forest area	15,051 sq mi	57,528 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	47.2%	26.3%
Forest area rank	79/196	44/196
World's forests share	0.1%	0.37%
Agricultural land area	10,028 sq mi	99,854 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.5%	45.6%
Agricultural land area rank	108/194	43/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.54%
Arable land	5,103 sq mi	1,004 sq mi
Arable land share	16%	0.46%
Arable land area rank	96/191	138/191
Permanent cropland	252.9 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.79%	0.004%
Permanent cropland area rank	118/192	176/192
Water area	525 sq mi	5,794 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.62%	2.58%
Water area rank	103/197	34/197
Roads length	78,541 mi	19,727 mi
Land borders length	1,568 mi	2,701 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Austria vs Botswana size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Austria and Botswana but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.