Country size comparison
compared to
North Dakota is about 2.1 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 47.27% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (122.6 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
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