Country size comparison

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Sao Tome and Principe is about 392 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 0.26% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (124.0 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Sao Tome and Principe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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