Country size comparison

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Australia is about 23 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 2,247% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~36.0 million people (8.4 million fewer people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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