Total & land area: Malaysia vs Vatican size comparison

Malaysia is 675,108 times bigger by total area compared to the Vatican: 127,724 sq mi vs 0.19 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Malaysia is 126,854 sq mi vs 0.17 sq mi for the Vatican — a 746,705 times difference in territory size.

Malaysia ranks 68/197 by total surface area vs 197/197 for the Vatican.
Malaysia occupies 0.22% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0000003% for the Vatican.

True size map comparison: Malaysia vs Vatican

See how Malaysia and the Vatican compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Malaysia	Vatican
Total area	127,724 sq mi	0.19 sq mi
Size difference ratio	675,108	1
Total area rank	68/197	197/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.06%	0.0000001%
Land area	126,854 sq mi	0.17 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	746,705	1
Land area rank	65/197	197/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.22%	0.0000003%
Population	35,557,673	1,000
Population density	287 ppl/mi²	5,493 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Malaysia	Vatican
Forest area	73,219 sq mi	n/a
Forest area as share of land	57.7%	n/a
Forest area rank	32/196	n/a
World's forests share	0.47%	n/a
Agricultural land area	33,093 sq mi	n/a
Agricultural land share	26.1%	n/a
Agricultural land area rank	77/194	n/a
Share of global agricultural land	0.18%	n/a
Arable land	3,028 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	2.39%	n/a
Arable land area rank	116/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	28,803 sq mi	n/a
Permanent cropland share	22.7%	n/a
Permanent cropland area rank	6/192	n/a
Water area	870 sq mi	0.02 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	10.2%
Water area rank	91/197	167/197
Roads length	173,898 mi	5.59 mi
Land borders length	1,704 mi	2.11 mi
Coastline length	2,905 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	4.8%	n/a

Malaysia vs Vatican size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Malaysia and the Vatican but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.