Country size comparison

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Taiwan is about 10 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, making Taiwan 9.52% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (100.6 million fewer people live in Taiwan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Taiwan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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