Country size comparison
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Malawi is about 13 times bigger than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 1,201% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (17.7 million more people live in Malawi).
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