Country size comparison

compared to

Kuwait is about 21 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, making Kuwait 4.71% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (121.1 million fewer people live in Kuwait).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Kuwait uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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