Country size comparison

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Japan is about 10 times bigger than Bhutan.

Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 884% larger than Bhutan. Meanwhile, the population of Bhutan is ~867,775 people (123.3 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bhutan vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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