Country size comparison

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Japan is about 33 times bigger than Qatar.

Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 3,162% larger than Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (121.7 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Qatar vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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