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).
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