Country size comparison

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Panama is about 5 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 19.96% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (119.9 million fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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