Country size comparison

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Malawi is about 1.2 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 16% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (12.8 million more people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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