Country size comparison
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Malawi is about 2.9 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 187% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~9.1 million people (13.1 million more people live in Malawi).
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