Country size comparison

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Finland is around the same size as Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, making Finland 3% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~36.0 million people (30.3 million fewer people live in Finland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Finland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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