Country size comparison

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Japan is about 1.6 times bigger than Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 59% larger than Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (105.7 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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