Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 1.6 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 60% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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