Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 12 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 8.08% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (112.4 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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