Malaysia is about 2.3 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 129% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (21.0 million more people live in Malaysia).
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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