Country size comparison

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Japan is about 9 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 816% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (115.7 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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