Country size comparison

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Japan is around the same size as Vietnam.

Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 14% larger than Vietnam. Meanwhile, the population of Vietnam is ~103.8 million people (20.4 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vietnam vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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