Country size comparison
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Solomon Islands is about 11 times smaller than Malaysia.
Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 8.76% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (33.2 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
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