Country size comparison
compared to
Japan is about 1.5 times smaller than France.
France is approximately 551,500 sq km,
while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making
Japan 68.52% the size of France.
Meanwhile, the population of France is ~67.8 million people
(57.7 million more people live in Japan).
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This to-scale map shows a size comparison of France compared to Japan. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Japan vs. France using our country comparison tool.