Country size comparison

compared to

Mali is about 3.3 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 228% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (103.5 million fewer people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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