Country size comparison

compared to

Taiwan is about 9 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, making Taiwan 10.91% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (10.3 million fewer people live in Taiwan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Taiwan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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