Country size comparison

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Thailand is about 1.4 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, making Thailand 36% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (54.6 million fewer people live in Thailand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Thailand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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