Country size comparison

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Senegal is about 1.7 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, making Senegal 66% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in Senegal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Senegal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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