Country size comparison

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Dominican Republic is about 8 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Dominican Republic is approximately 48,670 sq km, making Dominican Republic 12.88% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (113.5 million fewer people live in Dominican Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Dominican Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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