Country size comparison

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Vietnam is about 2.8 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, making Vietnam 180% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (83.0 million more people live in Vietnam).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Vietnam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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