Morocco is 1.58× the size of Japan

Morocco covers about 592,000 km² (228,000 mi²) and Japan about 374,000 km² (144,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

592,000km²Morocco
374,000km²Japan

500 km

Morocco
Japan

What fits

Japan is 63% of the size of Morocco.
Morocco is larger by 218,000 km² (84,300 mi²), which is 58% of the area of Japan.
Measured in Belgiums: Morocco is about 19.3, Japan about 12.2.

How they differ

Morocco is larger, but Japan has the larger population: 123.8 million against 36.8 million, 3.36× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 331 in Japan against 62 in Morocco: Japan is 5.33× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Morocco at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Japan at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Morocco as 1.33× the size of Japan instead of 1.58×.
Together Morocco and Japan cover 965,000 km², close to the size of Tanzania (942,000 km², 2.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 218,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Japan's density, Morocco would have 196.1 million people (it has 36.8 million). At Morocco's density, Japan would have 23.2 million (it has 123.8 million).
Japan's centre is 7.6° of latitude, about 850 km, farther north than Morocco's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Morocco	1.58×
More people	Japan	3.36×
More crowded	Japan	5.33×
Farther north	Japan	7.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Japan	1.6× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Morocco	Japan
Belgium 30,700 km²	19.3×	12.2×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.43×	1.53×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.65×	1.04×
France 548,000 km²	1.08×	0.68×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.19×	0.12×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.07×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.06×	0.04×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Morocco	Japan
Area, main territory	592,000 km²228,000 mi²	374,000 km²144,000 mi²
Population	36.8 millionWikidata, 2024	123.8 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	62 per km²	331 per km²
Official area	447,000 km²Wikidata	378,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rabat	Tokyo
Latitude range	21°N to 36°N	24°N to 46°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 592,000 km² is 33% above Wikidata's official figure of 447,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 378,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 374,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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