Country size comparison

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Japan is about 2.9 times smaller than Bolivia.

Bolivia is approximately 1,098,581 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 34.4% the size of Bolivia. Meanwhile, the population of Bolivia is ~12.1 million people (112.2 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bolivia vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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