Country size comparison

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Tuvalu is about 14,535 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Tuvalu is approximately 26 sq km, making Tuvalu 0.01% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (123.4 million fewer people live in Tuvalu).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Tuvalu uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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