Country size comparison
compared to
Malaysia is about 17 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 1,617% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (25.1 million more people live in Malaysia).
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