Which is bigger, Germany or Japan?

Germany vs Japan: which is bigger?

Japan is bigger: 377,974 km² against 357,588 km², about 1.06 times the size of Germany.

Side by side at true size

Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.

And on the usual world map

On the usual world map it's the other way round: Germany looks 1.5 times bigger than Japan, because the map inflates Germany about 2.5 times and Japan only 1.6 times.

In numbers

Germany: 357,588 km² (138,000 sq mi), 64th largest, around 51°N
Japan: 377,974 km² (146,000 sq mi), 63rd largest, around 37°N
Germany would fit into Japan about 1.06 times.

Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works