Country size comparison

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Italy is about 2.5 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 154% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (40.3 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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