Country size comparison
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Solomon Islands is about 4.1 times smaller than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 24.39% the size of Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (20.1 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
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