Country size comparison

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Japan is about 18 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 1,696% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (117.6 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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