Malawi and Pennsylvania are almost exactly the same size
Malawi (Africa) covers about 119,000 km² (46,100 mi²) and Pennsylvania (state of the United States) about 119,000 km² (46,100 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 119,000km²Malawi
- 119,000km²Pennsylvania
100 km
- Malawi
- Pennsylvania
What fits
- Pennsylvania is 100% of the size of Malawi.
- The measured areas differ by 40.8 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Malawi is about 3.89, Pennsylvania about 3.89.
How they differ
- Malawi also has the larger population: 17.6 million against 13.0 million, 1.35× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 147 in Malawi against 109 in Pennsylvania: Malawi is 1.35× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,800 km apart.
- On a standard web map Pennsylvania looks larger than Malawi: Malawi at 13°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Pennsylvania at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Pennsylvania as 1.66× the size of Malawi, when Malawi is 1.00× the size of Pennsylvania.
- Together Malawi and Pennsylvania cover 239,000 km², close to the size of Ghana (239,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
- At Pennsylvania's density, Malawi would have 13.0 million people (it has 17.6 million). At Malawi's density, Pennsylvania would have 17.6 million (it has 13.0 million).
- Pennsylvania's centre is 54.1° of latitude, about 6,020 km, farther north than Malawi's.
- Malawi ranks 102nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Pennsylvania lies about 54° of latitude (roughly 6,020 km) north of Malawi, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Malawi would have about 6,800 m² and each person in Pennsylvania about 9,180 m².
- Laid side by side, Malawi and Pennsylvania would cover 239,000 km², about the same size as Ghana.
- Together they have 30.6 million people, about as many people as Ivory Coast.
- Counted as a country, Pennsylvania would rank 102nd by area and 78th by population.
Side by side
| Malawi | Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 119,000 km²46,100 mi² | 119,000 km²46,100 mi² |
| Official area | 118,000 km²Wikidata | 119,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 101st of 239worldwide | 33rd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 17.6 millionWikidata, 2018 | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 68th of 237worldwide | 5th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 147 per km² | 109 per km² |
| Capital | Lilongwe | Harrisburg |
| Latitude range | 17°S to 9°S | 40°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2018 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 118,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 119,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 119,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 119,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12