Country size comparison

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Slovakia is about 8 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Slovakia is approximately 49,035 sq km, making Slovakia 12.98% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (118.0 million fewer people live in Slovakia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Slovakia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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