Country size comparison

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Japan is about 3.4 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 29.83% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (99.7 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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