Country size comparison

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Japan is about 10 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 950% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (100.6 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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