Country size comparison

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Sydney is about 4,438 times smaller than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, making Sydney 0.02% the size of Malawi.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Sydney uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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