Country size comparison

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Bhutan is about 10 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, making Bhutan 10.16% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (122.6 million fewer people live in Bhutan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Bhutan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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