Country size comparison

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Japan is about 33 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 3,244% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (121.8 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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