Malaysia is 1.05× the size of Poland

Malaysia covers about 328,000 km² (127,000 mi²) and Poland about 313,000 km² (121,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

328,000km²Malaysia
313,000km²Poland

5,000 km

Malaysia
Poland

What fits

Poland is 96% of the size of Malaysia.
Malaysia is larger by 14,500 km² (5,580 mi²), which is 4.6% of the area of Poland.
Measured in Belgiums: Malaysia is about 10.7, Poland about 10.2.

How they differ

Malaysia is larger, but Poland has the larger population: 37.6 million against 34.2 million, 1.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 120 in Poland against 104 in Malaysia: Poland is 1.15× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,690 km apart.
On a standard web map Poland looks larger than Malaysia: Malaysia at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Poland at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Poland as 2.52× the size of Malaysia, when Malaysia is 1.05× the size of Poland.
Together Malaysia and Poland cover 641,000 km², close to the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 14,500 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Poland's density, Malaysia would have 39.3 million people (it has 34.2 million). At Malaysia's density, Poland would have 32.7 million (it has 37.6 million).
Poland's centre is 48.3° of latitude, about 5,370 km, farther north than Malaysia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Malaysia	1.05×
More people	Poland	1.10×
More crowded	Poland	1.15×
Farther north	Poland	48.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Poland	2.7× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Malaysia	Poland
Belgium 30,700 km²	10.7×	10.2×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.34×	1.29×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.92×	0.88×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.88×	0.84×
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	Poland
Area, main territory	328,000 km²127,000 mi²	313,000 km²121,000 mi²
Population	34.2 millionWikidata, 2025	37.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	104 per km²	120 per km²
Official area	331,000 km²Wikidata	313,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Putrajaya; Kuala Lumpur	Warsaw
Latitude range	1°N to 7°N	49°N to 55°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2024, 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 313,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 313,000 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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