Country size comparison

compared to

Israel is about 17 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 5.8% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (115.3 million fewer people live in Israel).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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