Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 6 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 535% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (1.2 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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