Malaysia is about 1.2 times bigger than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 23% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (28.8 million more people live in Malaysia).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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