Malawi is about 1.6 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 63.21% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (769,447 fewer people live in Malawi).
This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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