Country size comparison

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Japan is about 2.9 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 188% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (119.4 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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