Country size comparison

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Moldova is about 11 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, making Moldova 8.96% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (120.9 million fewer people live in Moldova).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Moldova uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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