Total & land area: Botswana vs Taiwan size comparison [2026]

Botswana is 16.1 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 224,610 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Botswana is 218,816 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 15.7 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs Taiwan

See how Botswana and Taiwan 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	Taiwan
Total area	224,610 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	16.1	1
Total area rank	47/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.007%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	15.7	1
Land area rank	47/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	0.02%
Population	2,521,139	23,331,886
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	Taiwan
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	60.8%
Forest area rank	44/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.37%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	0.02%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	0.46%	n/a
Arable land area rank	138/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	79/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	0%
Water area rank	34/197	193/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	973 mi

Botswana vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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