Turkmenistan is about 4.1 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 312% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~22.2 million people (14.6 million fewer people live in Turkmenistan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Turkmenistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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