Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is about 2.3 times bigger than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 127% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (15.7 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
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