Country size comparison
compared to
Malaysia is around the same size as New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 5% larger than New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (31.8 million more people live in Malaysia).
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