Country size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is around the same size as Malaysia.
Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 95.29% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (31.8 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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