Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 3.9 times smaller than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 25.77% the size of Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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