Country size comparison
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Malawi is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 2% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~13.1 million people (9.2 million more people live in Malawi).
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