Country size comparison
compared to
United States is about 83 times bigger than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 8,199% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (316.5 million more people live in United States).
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