Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 3.6 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 27.92% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (23.6 million fewer people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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