Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 14 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 6.97% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (111.0 million fewer people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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