Малай архипелагының барлық көлемі 2 000 000 км<sup>2</sup>,<ref name="area">{{cite book |last1=Moores |first1=Eldridge M. |last2=Fairbridge |first2=Rhodes Whitmore |author1-link=Eldridge M. Moores |author2-link=Rhodes Fairbridge |title=Encyclopedia of European and Asian regional geology |url=http://books.google.com/?id=aYRup5mRcGsC&pg=PA377&dq=%22malay+archipelago%22+2+million+km%C2%B2#v=onepage&q= |page=377|accessdate=30 қазанNovember 2009 |year=1997 |publisher=Springer |isbn=0-412-74040-0 }}</ref> 25 мыңнан астам топаралдардың аралдарынан құралады.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071022221129/http://www.gov.ph/aboutphil/general.asp Philippines : General Information]. Government of the Philippines. Retrieved 2009-11-06; {{cite press release |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2006/01/data/dbcoutm.cfm?SD=2005&ED=2005&R1=1&R2=1&CS=3&SS=2&OS=C&DD=0&OUT=1&C=536&S=PPPWGT-PPPPC&RequestTimeout=120&CMP=0&x=45&y=5 |accessdate=2006-10-05 |title=World Economic Outlook Database |date=сәуірApril 2006}}; {{cite web | first =Hendriawan | title =Indonesia Regions | publisher =Indonesia Business Directory | url =http://www.indonext.com/Regions/ | accessdate = 2007-04-24 }}</ref> Топаралда 350 000 адам тұрады<ref name=unpop>{{Cite journal | url=http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP2006_Highlights_rev.pdf | title=World Population Prospects, Table A.2| version=2006 revision | pages=37–42 | format=[[PDF]] | publisher=United Nations | author=Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division | year=2006 | accessdate= 2007-06-30}}</ref>, халық тығыздығы 150 адам./км².
