Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 1.2 times bigger than Malaysia.
Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 22% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (3.4 million more people live in California).
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