Turkmenistan is about 1.5 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 48% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (28.2 million fewer people live in Turkmenistan).
This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Turkmenistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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