Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 8 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 680% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (204.3 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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