Country size comparison

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Spain is about 1.5 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 53% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~36.0 million people (13.4 million more people live in Spain).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Spain uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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