Country size comparison
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Malawi is about 1.4 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 68.75% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (14.1 million more people live in Malawi).
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