Country size comparison

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Colombia is about 3 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Colombia is approximately 1,138,910 sq km, making Colombia 201% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (75.2 million fewer people live in Colombia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Colombia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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