Country size comparison

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Spain is about 1.3 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 34% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (77.1 million fewer people live in Spain).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Spain uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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