Country size comparison

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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 ~124.2 million people (123.5 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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