Country size comparison

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Japan is about 2.8 times bigger than Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 180% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (121.3 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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