Turkey is 2.09× the size of Japan

Turkey covers about 780,000 km² (301,000 mi²) and Japan about 374,000 km² (144,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

780,000km²Turkey
374,000km²Japan

500 km

Turkey
Japan

What fits

Japan fits inside Turkey about 2.09 times by area.
Turkey is larger by 407,000 km² (157,000 mi²), which is 109% of the area of Japan.
Measured in Belgiums: Turkey is about 25.4, Japan about 12.2.

How they differ

Turkey is larger, but Japan has the larger population: 123.8 million against 85.4 million, 1.45× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 331 in Japan against 109 in Turkey: Japan is 3.03× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,390 km apart.
Together Turkey and Japan cover 1,154,000 km², close to the size of Colombia (1,135,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 407,000 km², is about the size of Paraguay (400,000 km²).
At Japan's density, Turkey would have 258.6 million people (it has 85.4 million). At Turkey's density, Japan would have 40.9 million (it has 123.8 million).
Turkey's centre is 1.7° of latitude, about 190 km, farther north than Japan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Turkey	2.09×
More people	Japan	1.45×
More crowded	Japan	3.03×
Farther north	Turkey	1.7° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Turkey	Japan
Belgium 30,700 km²	25.4×	12.2×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.20×	1.53×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.18×	1.04×
France 548,000 km²	1.42×	0.68×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.25×	0.12×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.09×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.08×	0.04×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.05×	0.02×

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

Side by side

	Turkey	Japan
Area, main territory	780,000 km²301,000 mi²	374,000 km²144,000 mi²
Population	85.4 millionWikidata, 2023	123.8 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	109 per km²	331 per km²
Official area	784,000 km²Wikidata	378,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Ankara	Tokyo
Latitude range	36°N to 42°N	24°N to 46°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 784,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 780,000 km², to within 2%.
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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