Country size comparison

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San Diego is about 140 times smaller than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, making San Diego 0.71% the size of Malawi.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. San Diego uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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