Country size comparison

compared to

Idaho is about 1.8 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, making Idaho 56.71% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (122.6 million fewer people live in Idaho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Idaho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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