Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 1.4 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 40% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (93.2 million fewer people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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