Country size comparison

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Japan is about 2 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 50.21% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (104.6 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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