Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 1.4 times bigger than Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 38% larger than Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (15.4 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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