Country size comparison

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Mexico is about 5 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 420% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (4.9 million more people live in Mexico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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