Country size comparison

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Minnesota is about 1.8 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 54.56% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (117.5 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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