Country size comparison

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Burundi is about 12 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, making Burundi 8.44% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (21.2 million fewer people live in Burundi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Burundi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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