Country size comparison

compared to

France is about 1.5 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 46% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (55.9 million fewer people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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