Country size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 1.2 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 83.17% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (122.2 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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