Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 5 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 438% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (8.4 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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