Country size comparison

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Japan is about 5 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 19.24% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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