Country size comparison
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Japan is about 26 times smaller than United States.
United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 3.84% the size of United States. Meanwhile, the population of United States is ~337.3 million people (213.1 million fewer people live in Japan).
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Make 59.0% more money in United States
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Moving from Japan to United States · OECD 2023
3,690 people moved from Japan to United States.
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