Country size comparison

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Louisiana is around the same size as Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 95.22% the size of Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (16.3 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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