Country size comparison
compared to
Pennsylvania is around the same size as Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 97.97% the size of Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (8.1 million fewer people live in Pennsylvania).
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