Country size comparison

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New York is about 2.7 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 37.07% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~36.0 million people (16.0 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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