Country size comparison

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Norway is about 1.2 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 85.68% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (118.7 million fewer people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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