Country size comparison

compared to

Denmark is about 9 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, making Denmark 11.4% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (118.3 million fewer people live in Denmark).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Denmark uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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