Country size comparison

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Japan is about 1.4 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 71.58% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (93.2 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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