Country size comparison

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Norway is around the same size as Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 98.17% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~36.0 million people (30.4 million fewer people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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