Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 2.1 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 46.63% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (120.8 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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