Country size comparison

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Malawi is around the same size as Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 5% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (16.3 million more people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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