Country size comparison

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Malawi is about 1.7 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 69% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (15.5 million more people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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