Country size comparison

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Japan is about 3.4 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 235% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (119.7 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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