Country size comparison

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Japan is about 1.8 times bigger than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 83% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.8 million people (117.5 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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