Country size comparison
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Northern Mariana Islands is about 814 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Northern Mariana Islands is approximately 464 sq km, making Northern Mariana Islands 0.12% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (124.2 million fewer people live in Northern Mariana Islands).
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