Total & land area: Botswana vs Mozambique size comparison

Mozambique is 1.38 times bigger by total area compared to Botswana: 309,496 sq mi vs 224,610 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mozambique is 303,623 sq mi vs 218,816 sq mi for Botswana — a 1.39 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 35/197 for Mozambique.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.53% for Mozambique.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 52.8% in Mozambique.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — Mozambique has 0.87%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 45.8% in Mozambique.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 0.89% are in Mozambique.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs Mozambique

See how Botswana and Mozambique 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	Mozambique
Total area	224,610 sq mi	309,496 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.38
Total area rank	47/197	35/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.16%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	303,623 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.39
Land area rank	47/197	34/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	0.53%
Population	2,521,139	34,631,766
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	120.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	Mozambique
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	139,099 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	45.8%
Forest area rank	44/196	18/196
World's forests share	0.37%	0.89%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	160,280 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	52.8%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	23/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	0.87%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	21,815 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	7.18%
Arable land area rank	138/191	43/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	1,539 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	0.51%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	59/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	5,873 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	1.9%
Water area rank	34/197	32/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	19,314 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	2,972 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,535 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.2%

Botswana vs Mozambique 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 Mozambique 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.