Country size comparison

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Zimbabwe is about 3.3 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 230% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (5.7 million fewer people live in Zimbabwe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Zimbabwe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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