Norway vs Japan: which is bigger?

Norway is bigger: 385,207 km² against 377,974 km², about 1.02 times the size of Japan.

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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 Norway looks 5.7 times bigger, not 1.02: the map inflates Norway about 9 times and Japan 1.6 times.

In numbers

Norway: 385,207 km² (149,000 sq mi), 62nd largest, around 64°N
Japan: 377,974 km² (146,000 sq mi), 63rd largest, around 37°N
Japan would fit into Norway about 1.02 times.

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