Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 1.4 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 37% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (23.4 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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