Country size comparison
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Faroe Islands is about 271 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Faroe Islands is approximately 1,393 sq km, making Faroe Islands 0.37% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (124.2 million fewer people live in Faroe Islands).
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