Fort Lauderdale is about 4,199 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.02% the size of Japan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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