Country size comparison

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Namibia is about 2.2 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, making Namibia 118% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (121.5 million fewer people live in Namibia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Namibia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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