Country size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 4.8 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 20.64% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (119.6 million fewer people live in South Carolina).
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