Country size comparison
compared to
Malawi is about 1.5 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 52% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (16.2 million more people live in Malawi).
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