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South Africa vs Botswana

South Africa and Botswana are compared here on capital city, currency, country calling code, ISO codes, population, area, languages and driving side, using the same source fields for both so every row is like for like.

First country

Second country

South Africa

ZAF · +27

VS

Botswana

BWA · +267

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Numeric rows carry a proportional bar. The larger figure is marked.

Official name

South Africa

Botswana

Capital

Pretoria

Gaborone

Country calling code

+27

+267

ISO alpha-2

ZA

BW

ISO alpha-3

ZAF

BWA

Currency

South African rand

Botswana pula

Currency code

ZAR

BWP

Population

59,308,690larger

2,351,625

Area

1,221,037 km²larger

582,000 km²

Continent

Africa

Region

Southern Africa

Languages

Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Swati, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

English, Tswana

Time zone

UTC+02:00

Land borders

6

4

Internet domain

.za

.bw

Drives on the

left

Centre point

-29, 24

-22, 24

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