Papua New Guinea is about 1.4 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 40% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (24.3 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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