Country size comparison

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Japan is about 5 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 438% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (118.9 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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