Country size comparison

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Houston is about 71 times smaller than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 1.4% the size of Malawi.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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