Country size comparison

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Algeria is about 6 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 530% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (80.0 million fewer people live in Algeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Algeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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