Country size comparison
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Malawi is about 6 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 463% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.4 million people (15.9 million more people live in Malawi).
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