Total & land area: Botswana vs Kiribati size comparison

Botswana is 717 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 224,610 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Botswana is 218,816 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 700 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 173/197 for Kiribati.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0005% for Kiribati.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 42% in Kiribati.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — Kiribati has 0.0007%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 1.46% in Kiribati.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 0.00003% are in Kiribati.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs Kiribati

See how Botswana and Kiribati 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	Kiribati
Total area	224,610 sq mi	313 sq mi
Size difference ratio	717	1
Total area rank	47/197	173/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.0002%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	700	1
Land area rank	47/197	173/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	0.0005%
Population	2,521,139	134,518
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	443 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	Kiribati
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	4.56 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	1.46%
Forest area rank	44/196	187/196
World's forests share	0.37%	0.00003%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	131.3 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	42%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	172/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	0.0007%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	2.47%
Arable land area rank	138/191	182/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	39.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	137/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	0.12%
Water area rank	34/197	163/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	416 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	710 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	11.9%

Botswana vs Kiribati 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 Kiribati 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.