Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 8 times smaller than Argentina.

Argentina is approximately 2,780,400 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 11.86% the size of Argentina. Meanwhile, the population of Argentina is ~45.9 million people (9.9 million fewer people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Argentina vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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