Country size comparison

compared to

Alabama is about 2.9 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 34.78% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (119.4 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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