Country size comparison
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United States is about 30 times bigger than Malaysia.
Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 2,881% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (303.5 million more people live in United States).
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