Country size comparison

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Nepal is about 2.6 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, making Nepal 38.95% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (93.5 million fewer people live in Nepal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Nepal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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