Country size comparison

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Malawi is around the same size as Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 15% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~392,404 people (21.8 million more people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Malawi to Iceland · OECD 2023
9 people moved from Malawi to Iceland.
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