Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 2.9 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 187% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (30.0 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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