Country size comparison

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Kenya is about 1.5 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, making Kenya 54% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (65.8 million fewer people live in Kenya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Kenya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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