Country size comparison

compared to

Kentucky is about 3.7 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 27.23% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (119.9 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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