Total & land area: Botswana vs New Zealand size comparison

Botswana is 2.17 times bigger by total area compared to New Zealand: 224,610 sq mi vs 103,483 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Botswana is 218,816 sq mi vs 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand — a 2.15 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 74/197 for New Zealand.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.18% for New Zealand.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 36.9% in New Zealand.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — New Zealand has 0.2%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 37.8% in New Zealand.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 0.25% are in New Zealand.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs New Zealand

See how Botswana and New Zealand 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	New Zealand
Total area	224,610 sq mi	103,483 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.17	1
Total area rank	47/197	74/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.05%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	101,665 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.15	1
Land area rank	47/197	74/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	0.18%
Population	2,521,139	5,287,500
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	52.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	New Zealand
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	38,418 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	37.8%
Forest area rank	44/196	53/196
World's forests share	0.37%	0.25%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	37,494 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	36.9%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	72/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	0.2%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	2,008 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	1.97%
Arable land area rank	138/191	123/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	278 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	0.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	115/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	1,819 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	1.76%
Water area rank	34/197	65/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	60,159 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	9,404 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	30.4%

Botswana vs New Zealand size on the map

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

GeoRank.org/size/botswana/new-zealand | CC BY

The map above outlines the borders of Botswana and New Zealand 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.