Country size comparison

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Malawi is around the same size as Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 15% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (16.5 million more people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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