Country size comparison

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New York is around the same size as Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 3% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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