Country size comparison

compared to

Malaysia is around the same size as Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 2% larger than Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (28.3 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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