Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 3.4 times smaller than Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 29.87% the size of Ethiopia. Meanwhile, the population of Ethiopia is ~135.5 million people (99.5 million fewer people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ethiopia vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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