Country size comparison

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Libya is about 5 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 433% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (26.7 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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