Country size comparison

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Japan is about 14 times bigger than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 1,258% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (111.5 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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