Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 10 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 929% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (36.7 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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