Country size comparison

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Malawi is about 4.5 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 350% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (7.6 million more people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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