Country size comparison

compared to

New Jersey is about 20 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 5.08% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (115.4 million fewer people live in New Jersey).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. New Jersey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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