Botswana is 1.01× the size of Ukraine

Botswana covers about 579,000 km² (224,000 mi²) and Ukraine about 572,000 km² (221,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

579,000km²Botswana
572,000km²Ukraine

200 km

Botswana
Ukraine

What fits

Ukraine is 99% of the size of Botswana.
Botswana is larger by 7,030 km² (2,710 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Ukraine.
Measured in Belgiums: Botswana is about 18.9, Ukraine about 18.7.

How they differ

Botswana is larger, but Ukraine has the larger population: 41.2 million against 2.5 million, 16.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Ukraine against 4.3 in Botswana: Ukraine is 16.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,970 km apart.
On a standard web map Ukraine looks larger than Botswana: Botswana at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Ukraine at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Ukraine as 1.98× the size of Botswana, when Botswana is 1.01× the size of Ukraine.
Together Botswana and Ukraine cover 1,151,000 km², close to the size of Colombia (1,135,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,030 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Ukraine's density, Botswana would have 41.7 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Botswana's density, Ukraine would have 2.5 million (it has 41.2 million).
Ukraine's centre is 71.4° of latitude, about 7,940 km, farther north than Botswana's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Botswana	1.01×
More people	Ukraine	16.6×
More crowded	Ukraine	16.8×
Farther north	Ukraine	71.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Ukraine	2.3× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Botswana	Ukraine
Belgium 30,700 km²	18.9×	18.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.38×	2.35×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.62×	1.60×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.55×	1.53×
France 548,000 km²	1.06×	1.04×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.18×	0.18×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Botswana	Ukraine
Area, main territory	579,000 km²224,000 mi²	572,000 km²221,000 mi²
Population	2.5 millionWikidata, 2023	41.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	4.3 per km²	72 per km²
Official area	582,000 km²Wikidata	604,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Gaborone	Kyiv
Latitude range	27°S to 18°S	45°N to 52°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 582,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 579,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 572,000 km² is 5.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 604,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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