Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 9 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 817% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (10.3 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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