Country size comparison

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Japan is about 1.2 times bigger than Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 17% larger than Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (118.7 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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