Total & land area: Botswana vs East Timor size comparison

Botswana is 39 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 224,610 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Botswana is 218,816 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 38.1 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 155/197 for East Timor.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for East Timor.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 23% in East Timor.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — East Timor has 0.007%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 61.7% in East Timor.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 0.02% are in East Timor.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs East Timor

See how Botswana and East Timor 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

	Botswana	East Timor
Total area	224,610 sq mi	5,760 sq mi
Size difference ratio	39	1
Total area rank	47/197	155/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.003%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	5,741 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	38.1	1
Land area rank	47/197	155/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	0.01%
Population	2,521,139	1,400,638
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	250.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	East Timor
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	3,540 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	61.7%
Forest area rank	44/196	127/196
World's forests share	0.37%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	1,318 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	23%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	153/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	0.007%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	431 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	7.5%
Arable land area rank	138/191	146/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	308 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	5.37%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	110/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	18.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	0.33%
Water area rank	34/197	140/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	3,753 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	157.2 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	439 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.7%

Botswana vs East Timor 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 Botswana and East Timor 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.