Country size comparison

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Malawi is about 2.8 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 35.92% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (13.1 million fewer people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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