How big it really is
327,649 km²True area · 126,506 square miles
69 / 242By area
1.00×As Mercator draws it
93 timesFits into Africa
31,949,777People
97.5People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Malaysia is at about 4° N. Mercator stretches each place by the same amount across and up, more the further it is from the equator, so here every area comes out 1.00× its true size.
At the equator nothing is stretched. At 60° north or south, everything is drawn at four times its true area. The poles never fit on the map at all.
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