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Geography Stats: compare key data on Jersey & Malaysia

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Maritime claims > Territorial sea: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
  • Elevation extremes > Lowest point: This entry is derived from Geography > Elevation extremes, which includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Map references: The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
  • Land use > Other: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
  • Land use > Permanent crops: The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
  • Google Street View, year added: Year in which country was first covered by Google Street View.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • Area > Water > Per capita: Total water area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Area > Total > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Jersey Malaysia HISTORY
Area > Comparative about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than New Mexico
Area > Comparative to US places about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than New Mexico
Area > Land 116 sq km
Ranked 214th.
328,550 sq km
Ranked 63th. 2832 times more than Jersey

Area > Land > Per capita 1.27 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 211th.
13 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th. 10 times more than Jersey

Area > Total 116 sq km
Ranked 224th.
329,847 sq km
Ranked 68th. 2844 times more than Jersey

Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 234th.
1,190 sq km
Ranked 107th.

Climate temperate; mild winters and cool summers tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Coastline 70 km
Ranked 171st.
4,675 km
Ranked 31st. 67 times more than Jersey

Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed elevation 143 m Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
Geographic coordinates 49 15 N, 2 10 W 2 30 N, 112 30 E
Land use > Arable land 0.0
Ranked 233th.
5.44%
Ranked 147th.

Location Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
Natural hazards NA flooding; landslides; forest fires
Natural resources arable land tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite
Terrain gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 3 nautical mile
Ranked 198th.
12 nautical mile
Ranked 147th. 4 times more than Jersey

Elevation extremes > Lowest point Atlantic Ocean 0 m Indian Ocean 0 m
Population density 773.46 people per sqkm
Ranked 12th. 12 times more than Malaysia
65.06 people per sqkm
Ranked 126th.
Map references Europe Southeast Asia
Land use > Other 100%
Ranked 23th. 30% more than Malaysia
77.07%
Ranked 181st.

Land use > Permanent crops 0.0
Ranked 231st.
17.49%
Ranked 12th.

Google Street View, year added 2,011
Ranked 41st.
2,013
Ranked 18th. The same as Jersey
Note largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea
Marine Coastline 70 km
Ranked 171st.
4,675 km
Ranked 31st. 67 times more than Jersey
Area > Water > Per capita 0.0
Ranked 208th.
47.48 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 115th.

Area > Total > Per capita 1.27 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 215th.
13.05 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th. 10 times more than Jersey

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Heal The World Foundation.; Wikipedia: Google Street View (Coverage); CIA Factbook: List of countries by coastline size

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