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  • 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.
  • 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 Malaysia Norfolk Island HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly larger than New Mexico about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places slightly larger than New Mexico about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land 328,550 sq km
Ranked 63th. 9496 times more than Norfolk Island
34.6 sq km
Ranked 223th.

Area > Land > Per capita 13 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th.
16.26 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th. 25% more than Malaysia

Area > Total 329,847 sq km
Ranked 68th. 9162 times more than Norfolk Island
36 sq km
Ranked 233th.

Area > Water 1,190 sq km
Ranked 107th.
0.0
Ranked 209th.

Climate tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline 4,675 km
Ranked 31st. 146 times more than Norfolk Island
32 km
Ranked 186th.

Elevation extremes > Highest point Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m Mount Bates 319 m
Geographic coordinates 2 30 N, 112 30 E 29 02 S, 167 57 E
Land use > Arable land 5.44%
Ranked 147th.
0.0
Ranked 233th.

Location 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 Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Natural hazards flooding; landslides; forest fires typhoons (especially May to July)
Natural resources tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite fish
Terrain coastal plains rising to hills and mountains volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 147th. The same as Norfolk Island
12 nautical mile
Ranked 127th.

Elevation extremes > Lowest point Indian Ocean 0 m Pacific Ocean 0 m
Population density 65.06 people per sqkm
Ranked 126th. 18% more than Norfolk Island
55.06 people per sqkm
Ranked 134th.
Map references Southeast Asia Oceania
Land use > Other 77.07%
Ranked 181st.
100%
Ranked 17th. 30% more than Malaysia

Land use > Permanent crops 17.49%
Ranked 12th.
0.0
Ranked 230th.

Note strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated
Marine Coastline 4,675 km
Ranked 31st. 146 times more than Norfolk Island
32 km
Ranked 186th.
Area > Water > Per capita 47.48 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 115th.
0.0
Ranked 190th.
Area > Total > Per capita 13.05 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.
16.26 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 94th. 25% more than Malaysia

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.; CIA Factbook: List of countries by coastline size

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