Country size comparison

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Japan is about 1.5 times bigger than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 51% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~10.1 million people (113.2 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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