Japan is about 1.4 times bigger than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 41% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (119.2 million more people live in Japan).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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