Country size comparison

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Gambia is about 33 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 2.99% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (121.8 million fewer people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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