Wisconsin is about 1.2 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Wisconsin is approximately 140,663 sq km, making Wisconsin 19% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (15.1 million fewer people live in Wisconsin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Wisconsin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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