Country size comparison

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France is about 1.7 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 67% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (34.4 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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