Total & land area: Malawi vs Taiwan size comparison [2026]

Malawi is 3.27 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 45,747 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Malawi is 36,402 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 2.6 times difference in territory size.

Malawi ranks 98/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Malawi occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
64.2% of Malawi's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Malawi has 0.13% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
22.4% of Malawi is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Malawi, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Malawi vs Taiwan

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Total size and land area comparison

	Malawi	Taiwan
Total area	45,747 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.27	1
Total area rank	98/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.007%
Land area	36,402 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.6	1
Land area rank	107/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.02%
Population	21,655,286	23,331,886
Population density	626 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Malawi	Taiwan
Forest area	8,169 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.4%	60.8%
Forest area rank	106/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	23,359 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	64.2%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	82/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.13%	0.02%
Arable land	15,444 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	42.4%	n/a
Arable land area rank	59/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	772 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.12%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	87/192	79/192
Water area	9,345 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	20.4%	0%
Water area rank	23/197	193/197
Roads length	9,601 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	1,775 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	973 mi

Malawi vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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