Country size comparison

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Russia is about 52 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 5,084% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~36.0 million people (107.5 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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