Country size comparison

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Japan is about 5 times bigger than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 401% larger than Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.6 million people (118.8 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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