Japan is about 4,199 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 419,806% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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