Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 6 times bigger than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 450% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (17.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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