Country size comparison
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Saudi Arabia is about 18 times bigger than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 1,714% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (14.6 million more people live in Saudi Arabia).
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