Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 1.9 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 87% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (30.5 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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