Total & land area: Botswana vs Haiti size comparison [2026]

Botswana is 21 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 224,610 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Botswana is 218,816 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 20.6 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 144/197 for Haiti.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Haiti.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 65.1% in Haiti.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — Haiti has 0.04%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 12.3% in Haiti.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 0.008% are in Haiti.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs Haiti

See how Botswana and Haiti 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	Haiti
Total area	224,610 sq mi	10,714 sq mi
Size difference ratio	21	1
Total area rank	47/197	144/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.005%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	10,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	20.6	1
Land area rank	47/197	142/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	0.02%
Population	2,521,139	11,772,557
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	1,132 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	Haiti
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	1,305 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	12.3%
Forest area rank	44/196	146/196
World's forests share	0.37%	0.008%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	6,931 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	65.1%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	123/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	0.04%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	3,880 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	138/191	108/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	1,158 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	10.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	68/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	73.4 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	0.68%
Water area rank	34/197	130/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	2,651 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	233.6 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,100 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	1.8%

Botswana vs Haiti 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 Haiti 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.