Country size comparison

compared to

Japan is about 12 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 1,138% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (112.4 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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