Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 2.8 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 178% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (13.1 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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