Country size comparison
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Madagascar is about 5 times bigger than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 395% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (7.4 million more people live in Madagascar).
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