Japan is about 17 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 1,623% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (115.3 million more people live in Japan).
This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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