United Kingdom vs Japan: which is bigger?
Japan is bigger: 377,974 km² against 242,495 km², about 1.56 times the size of the United Kingdom.
Drop the United Kingdom onto Japan →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: the United Kingdom looks 1.17 times bigger than Japan, because the map inflates the United Kingdom about 2.9 times and Japan only 1.6 times.
In numbers
- United Kingdom: 242,495 km² (93,600 sq mi), 79th largest, around 54°N
- Japan: 377,974 km² (146,000 sq mi), 63rd largest, around 37°N
- The United Kingdom would fit into Japan about 1.56 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works