Country size comparison

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Indonesia is about 6 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Indonesia is approximately 1,904,569 sq km, making Indonesia 477% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (243.5 million more people live in Indonesia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Indonesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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