California is about 3.4 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 241% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (16.5 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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