Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 1.2 times bigger than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 22% larger than Malawi.
Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people
(8.0 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Malawi
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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