Country size comparison

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Arkansas is around the same size as Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 14% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (17.9 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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