Country size comparison

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Japan is about 2.1 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 114% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (120.8 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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