Malaysia is about 5 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 20.01% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (52.9 million fewer people live in Malaysia).
This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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