Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 2.5 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 151% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (29.1 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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