Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 1.4 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 71.14% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (119.2 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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