Country size comparison

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Madagascar is about 1.6 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 55% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (96.0 million fewer people live in Madagascar).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Madagascar uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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