Country size comparison

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Japan is about 133 times bigger than Samoa.

Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 13,249% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~219,306 people (123.1 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Samoa vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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