Country size comparison

compared to

Malaysia is about 4.7 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 369% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (28.6 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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