Country size comparison
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Malawi is about 1.6 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 65% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (12.1 million more people live in Malawi).
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