Country size comparison

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Russia is about 144 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 14,331% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (121.2 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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