Malaysia is 1.05× the size of Oman

Malaysia covers about 328,000 km² (127,000 mi²) and Oman about 311,000 km² (120,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

328,000km²Malaysia
311,000km²Oman

5,000 km

Malaysia
Oman

What fits

Oman is 95% of the size of Malaysia.
Malaysia is larger by 16,700 km² (6,440 mi²), which is 5.4% of the area of Oman.
Measured in Belgiums: Malaysia is about 10.7, Oman about 10.1.

How they differ

Malaysia also has the larger population: 34.2 million against 4.8 million, 7.09× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 104 in Malaysia against 16 in Oman: Malaysia is 6.73× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,090 km apart.
On a standard web map Oman looks larger than Malaysia: Malaysia at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Oman at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Oman as 1.08× the size of Malaysia, when Malaysia is 1.05× the size of Oman.
Together Malaysia and Oman cover 639,000 km², close to the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 16,700 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
At Oman's density, Malaysia would have 5.1 million people (it has 34.2 million). At Malaysia's density, Oman would have 32.5 million (it has 4.8 million).
Oman's centre is 16.8° of latitude, about 1,860 km, farther north than Malaysia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Malaysia	1.05×
More people	Malaysia	7.09×
More crowded	Malaysia	6.73×
Farther north	Oman	16.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Oman	1.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Malaysia	Oman
Belgium 30,700 km²	10.7×	10.1×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.34×	1.28×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.92×	0.87×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.88×	0.83×
France 548,000 km²	0.60×	0.57×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.10×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Malaysia	Oman
Area, main territory	328,000 km²127,000 mi²	311,000 km²120,000 mi²
Population	34.2 millionWikidata, 2025	4.8 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	104 per km²	16 per km²
Official area	331,000 km²Wikidata	310,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Putrajaya; Kuala Lumpur	Muscat
Latitude range	1°N to 7°N	17°N to 26°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2018, covering each whole country. 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 310,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 311,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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