Total & land area: Belarus vs Botswana size comparison

Botswana is 2.8 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 224,610 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Botswana is 218,816 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 2.79 times difference in territory size.

Belarus ranks 84/197 by total surface area vs 47/197 for Botswana.
Belarus occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.38% for Botswana.
39.6% of Belarus' area is agricultural land vs 45.6% in Botswana.
Belarus has 0.17% of the world's agricultural land area — Botswana has 0.54%.
43.4% of Belarus is covered by forests, compared to 26.3% in Botswana.
0.22% of the world's forests are in Belarus, and 0.37% are in Botswana.

True size map comparison: Belarus vs Botswana

See how Belarus 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

	Belarus	Botswana
Total area	80,154 sq mi	224,610 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.8
Total area rank	84/197	47/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.11%
Land area	78,372 sq mi	218,816 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.79
Land area rank	83/197	47/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.38%
Population	9,132,629	2,521,139
Population density	115 ppl/mi²	11.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belarus	Botswana
Forest area	34,020 sq mi	57,528 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.4%	26.3%
Forest area rank	57/196	44/196
World's forests share	0.22%	0.37%
Agricultural land area	31,019 sq mi	99,854 sq mi
Agricultural land share	39.6%	45.6%
Agricultural land area rank	78/194	43/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.17%	0.54%
Arable land	21,497 sq mi	1,004 sq mi
Arable land share	27.4%	0.46%
Arable land area rank	45/191	138/191
Permanent cropland	330 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	0.004%
Permanent cropland area rank	105/192	176/192
Water area	1,781 sq mi	5,794 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.22%	2.58%
Water area rank	66/197	34/197
Roads length	n/a	19,727 mi
Land borders length	2,236 mi	2,701 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Belarus 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 Belarus 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.