Total & land area: Botswana vs Montenegro size comparison

Botswana is 41.9 times bigger by total area compared to Montenegro: 224,610 sq mi vs 5,360 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Botswana is 218,816 sq mi vs 5,193 sq mi for Montenegro — a 42.1 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 156/197 for Montenegro.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.009% for Montenegro.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 19.6% in Montenegro.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — Montenegro has 0.006%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 61.5% in Montenegro.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 0.02% are in Montenegro.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs Montenegro

See how Botswana and Montenegro 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	Montenegro
Total area	224,610 sq mi	5,360 sq mi
Size difference ratio	41.9	1
Total area rank	47/197	156/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.003%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	5,193 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	42.1	1
Land area rank	47/197	156/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	0.009%
Population	2,521,139	623,525
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	117.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	Montenegro
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	3,193 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	61.5%
Forest area rank	44/196	128/196
World's forests share	0.37%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	1,017 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	19.6%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	155/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	0.006%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	34.9 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	0.67%
Arable land area rank	138/191	167/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	20.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	0.39%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	161/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	167.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	3.12%
Water area rank	34/197	120/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	4,823 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	423 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	182.4 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	5.6%

Botswana vs Montenegro size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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