Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 5 times bigger than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 411% larger than Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (32.0 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Be 3.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line in Latvia
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Latvia is 2.0 times more expensive than Malaysia overall
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Moving from Malaysia to Latvia · OECD 2017
1 people moved from Malaysia to Latvia.
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