Country size comparison

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Bangladesh is about 2.2 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, making Bangladesh 45.01% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (131.8 million more people live in Bangladesh).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Bangladesh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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