Country size comparison
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Japan is about 42 times bigger than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 4,051% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (121.1 million more people live in Japan).
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