Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 1,107 times bigger than Maldives.

Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 110,587% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (33.5 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maldives vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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