Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 3.2 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 31.12% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (118.0 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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