Total & land area: Botswana vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 1.63 times bigger by total area compared to Botswana: 365,756 sq mi vs 224,610 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 218,816 sq mi for Botswana — a 1.56 times difference in territory size.

Botswana ranks 47/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Botswana occupies 0.38% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
45.6% of Botswana's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Botswana has 0.54% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
26.3% of Botswana is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.37% of the world's forests are in Botswana, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Botswana vs Tanzania

See how Botswana and Tanzania 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	Tanzania
Total area	224,610 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.63
Total area rank	47/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.11%	0.19%
Land area	218,816 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.56
Land area rank	47/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.38%	0.59%
Population	2,521,139	68,560,157
Population density	11.9 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Botswana	Tanzania
Forest area	57,528 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	26.3%	50.1%
Forest area rank	44/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.37%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	99,854 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	45.6%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	43/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.54%	0.83%
Arable land	1,004 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	138/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.004%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	176/192	22/192
Water area	5,794 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.58%	6.49%
Water area rank	34/197	11/197
Roads length	19,727 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	2,701 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.3%

Botswana vs Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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.