Country size comparison

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Ghana is about 2 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, making Ghana 101% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (12.3 million more people live in Ghana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Ghana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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