Country size comparison

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Canada is about 26 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, making Canada 2,542% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (86.0 million fewer people live in Canada).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Canada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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