Country size comparison
compared to
United Arab Emirates is about 1.4 times smaller than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 70.56% the size of Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (10.9 million fewer people live in United Arab Emirates).
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