Country size comparison

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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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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