Country size comparison

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Japan is around the same size as Germany.

Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 6% larger than Germany. Meanwhile, the population of Germany is ~84.3 million people (39.9 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Germany vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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