Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 3.9 times smaller than Chad.

Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 25.69% the size of Chad. Meanwhile, the population of Chad is ~18.0 million people (15.9 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chad vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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