Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1.7 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 69% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (103.7 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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