Country size comparison

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Libya is about 4.7 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 366% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (117.1 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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