Country size comparison

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Japan is about 9 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 777% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (118.3 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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