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).

This to-scale map shows a size comparison of United States compared to Japan. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Japan vs. United States using our country comparison tool.


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