Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 2.9 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 189% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (15.2 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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