Country size comparison

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Thailand is about 1.6 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, making Thailand 56% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (35.8 million more people live in Thailand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Thailand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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