Country size comparison

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Jamaica is about 34 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Jamaica is approximately 10,991 sq km, making Jamaica 2.91% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (121.4 million fewer people live in Jamaica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Jamaica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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