Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 2.9 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 192% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (12.1 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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