Country size comparison
California, USA
compared to
Japan
California is around the same size as Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 7% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (87.0 million fewer people live in California).
We have positioned the outline of Japan near the middle of California.
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This to-scale comparison of
Japan
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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