Country size comparison

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Germany is around the same size as Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 94.47% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (39.9 million fewer people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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