Country size comparison

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Japan is about 14 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 1,335% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (111.0 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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