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title: "Canada vs Malaysia — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Malaysia is 329,847 km² with 35,977,838. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-malaysia/
site: "At One Place"
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# Canada vs Malaysia

**Canada vs Malaysia: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 329,847 km² · 41,651,653 vs 35,977,838

Canada is 30 times larger than Malaysia — 9,984,670 against 329,847 km². Canada is 1.2 times more populous than Malaysia — 41,651,653 against 35,977,838 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Malaysia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Kuala Lumpur (national); Putrajaya (administrative) |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 329,847 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 35,977,838 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 109.1 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Malaysian ringgit (MYR) |
| Official languages | English, French | English, Malay |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+08:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +60 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | MY / MYS |

## Population density

Malaysia is 26 times more densely populated than Canada — 109 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Canada on the right, Malaysia on the left.
- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Malaysian ringgit.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Asia.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Malaysia

Split between the Malay Peninsula and northern Borneo, separated by about 640 km of the South China Sea. Mount Kinabalu on Borneo is 4,095 m and still rising a few millimetres a year. The rainforest here is estimated at 130 million years old, among the oldest on Earth.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Malaysia?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 329,847 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Malaysia?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 35,977,838.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Malaysia?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Malaysia is UTC+08:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Malaysia](https://atoneplace.net/country/malaysia/)
- [India vs Malaysia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-malaysia/)
- [China vs Malaysia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-malaysia/)
- [Japan vs Malaysia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-malaysia/)
- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Canada vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/)
- [Canada vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-germany/)
- [Canada vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-italy/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]