Japan covers 377,915 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.3% of all land on Earth. It ranks 63rd of 237 countries worldwide and 17th in Asia. At 38° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.6×, drawing it closer to 599,789 km², a difference of roughly 59%.
For scale, Japan is roughly the same size as Norway (386,224 km²).
You could fit 3 of Cuba inside Japan.
Japan: key figures
| True area | 377,915 km² |
| World rank | 63rd |
| Share of world land | 0.3% |
| Rank in Asia | 17th / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.6× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 599,789 km² |
Largest countries in Asia (true area)
| Asia | |
|---|
| China | 9,596,960 km² |
| India | 3,287,263 km² |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,910 km² |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| Iran | 1,648,195 km² |