Country size comparison

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Japan is about 228 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 22,683% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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