Country size comparison

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Malawi is about 2.5 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 39.32% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (36.7 million fewer people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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