Country size comparison

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Japan is around the same size as Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 11% larger than Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (118.7 million more people live in Japan).
This to-scale comparison of Republic of the Congo vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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