Botswana vs Madagascar: Land area in square kilometres

Botswana
566,730 sq. km
in 2023
Madagascar
581,800 sq. km
in 2023
Botswana rank
47th
Madagascar rank
44th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Botswana
  • Madagascar
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922023

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 581,800 sq. km against 566,730 sq. km in Botswana, a difference of 15,070 sq. km.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 47th and Madagascar ranks 44th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.