Country size comparison
compared to
Philippines is around the same size as Malaysia.
Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 90.95% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (80.7 million more people live in Philippines).
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Moving from Philippines to Malaysia · UN DESA 2020
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