Malaysia is 1.04× the size of New Mexico

Malaysia (Asia) covers about 328,000 km² (127,000 mi²) and New Mexico (state of the United States) about 315,000 km² (122,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

328,000km²Malaysia
315,000km²New Mexico

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Malaysia
New Mexico

What fits

New Mexico is 96% of the size of Malaysia.
Malaysia is larger by 12,800 km² (4,950 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of New Mexico.
Measured in Belgiums: Malaysia is about 10.7, New Mexico about 10.3.

How they differ

Malaysia also has the larger population: 34.2 million against 2.1 million, 16.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 104 in Malaysia against 6.7 in New Mexico: Malaysia is 15.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
On a standard web map New Mexico looks larger than Malaysia: Malaysia at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and New Mexico at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows New Mexico as 1.41× the size of Malaysia, when Malaysia is 1.04× the size of New Mexico.
Together Malaysia and New Mexico cover 643,000 km², close to the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 12,800 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At New Mexico's density, Malaysia would have 2.2 million people (it has 34.2 million). At Malaysia's density, New Mexico would have 32.9 million (it has 2.1 million).
New Mexico's centre is 30.6° of latitude, about 3,400 km, farther north than Malaysia's.
Malaysia ranks 69th of 246 countries and territories by area.
New Mexico is the 5th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
New Mexico lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,400 km) north of Malaysia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Malaysia would have about 9,580 m² and each person in New Mexico about 148,790 m².
Laid side by side, Malaysia and New Mexico would cover 643,000 km², about the same size as Afghanistan.
Together they have 36.3 million people, about as many people as Angola.
Counted as a country, New Mexico would rank 70th by area and 146th by population.

Side by side

	Malaysia	New Mexico
Is a	CountryAsia	StateUnited States
Area, measured	328,000 km²127,000 mi²	315,000 km²122,000 mi²
Official area	331,000 km²Wikidata	315,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	68th of 239worldwide	5th of 51in the United States
Population	34.2 millionWikidata, 2025	2.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	43rd of 237worldwide	36th of 51in the United States
Density	104 per km²	6.7 per km²
Capital	Putrajaya; Kuala Lumpur	Santa Fe
Latitude range	1°N to 7°N	31°N to 37°N

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 331,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 328,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 315,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 315,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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