Country size comparison

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Bhutan is about 9 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, making Bhutan 11.64% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (33.0 million fewer people live in Bhutan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Bhutan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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