Country size comparison

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Kentucky is about 3.2 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 31.2% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (29.5 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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