Country size comparison
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Northern Mariana Islands is about 255 times smaller than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Northern Mariana Islands is approximately 464 sq km, making Northern Mariana Islands 0.39% the size of Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (20.7 million fewer people live in Northern Mariana Islands).
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Be 86.0% less likely to have access to electricity in Malawi
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