Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 1.7 times smaller than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 59.31% the size of Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (15.5 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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