Country size comparison
compared to
Japan is about 1.3 times bigger than Philippines.
Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 26% larger than Philippines. Meanwhile, the population of Philippines is ~114.6 million people (9.6 million more people live in Japan).
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Moving from Japan to Philippines · UN DESA 2020
14,634 people born in Japan live in Philippines.
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