Country size comparison

compared to

Japan is around the same size as Finland.

Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 12% larger than Finland. Meanwhile, the population of Finland is ~5.6 million people (118.6 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Finland vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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