Total & land area: Botswana vs Mongolia size comparison

Mongolia is 2.69 times bigger by total area compared to Botswana: 603,909 sq mi vs 224,610 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mongolia is 601,740 sq mi vs 218,816 sq mi for Botswana — a 2.75 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 18/197 for Mongolia.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.05% for Mongolia.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 69% in Mongolia.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — Mongolia has 2.25%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 9.09% in Mongolia.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 0.35% are in Mongolia.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs Mongolia

See how Botswana and Mongolia 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	Mongolia
Total area	224,610 sq mi	603,909 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.69
Total area rank	47/197	18/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.31%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	601,740 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.75
Land area rank	47/197	18/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	1.05%
Population	2,521,139	3,524,788
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	Mongolia
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	54,709 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	9.09%
Forest area rank	44/196	46/196
World's forests share	0.37%	0.35%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	414,933 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	69%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	11/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	2.25%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	4,414 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	0.73%
Arable land area rank	138/191	103/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	22 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	0.004%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	160/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	2,168 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	0.36%
Water area rank	34/197	62/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	70,339 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	5,022 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Botswana vs Mongolia 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 Mongolia 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.