Country size comparison

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Namibia is about 7 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, making Namibia 596% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (18.1 million fewer people live in Namibia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Namibia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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