Country size comparison

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Maldives is about 1,268 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.08% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (123.8 million fewer people live in Maldives).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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