Country size comparison
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Malawi is about 2.9 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 185% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (3.4 million more people live in Malawi).
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Moving from Malawi to Netherlands · OECD 2023
17 people moved from Malawi to Netherlands.
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