Country size comparison

compared to

Iraq is about 3.7 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 270% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (19.7 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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