Country size comparison

compared to

Malaysia is about 1.2 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 81.67% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Malaysia).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.