Mali is 50% larger than Namibia.
Area: 1,240,192 km2 World Factbook
Population: 16,455,903 (July 2014) World Factbook
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is bordered by Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Wikipedia
Area: 824,292 km2 World Factbook
Population: 2,198,406 (July 2014) World Factbook
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Wikipedia