Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 3.7 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 27.06% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (23.6 million fewer people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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