Country size comparison

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Malaysia is around the same size as Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 9% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (22.9 million fewer people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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