Country size comparison

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Malawi is about 6 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 15.74% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (1.2 million more people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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