Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 8 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 700% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (43.1 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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