Country size comparison
compared to
United States is about 26 times bigger than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 2,502% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (213.1 million more people live in United States).
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