Uzbekistan is 1.20× the size of Japan

Uzbekistan covers about 448,000 km² (173,000 mi²) and Japan about 374,000 km² (144,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

448,000km²Uzbekistan
374,000km²Japan

500 km

Uzbekistan
Japan

What fits

Japan is 83% of the size of Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan is larger by 74,300 km² (28,700 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Japan.
Measured in Belgiums: Uzbekistan is about 14.6, Japan about 12.2.

How they differ

Uzbekistan is larger, but Japan has the larger population: 123.8 million against 34.9 million, 3.55× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 331 in Japan against 78 in Uzbekistan: Japan is 4.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,180 km apart.
Together Uzbekistan and Japan cover 821,000 km², close to the size of Namibia (823,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 74,300 km², is about the size of Panama (74,500 km²).
At Japan's density, Uzbekistan would have 148.4 million people (it has 34.9 million). At Uzbekistan's density, Japan would have 29.1 million (it has 123.8 million).
Uzbekistan's centre is 4.4° of latitude, about 480 km, farther north than Japan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Uzbekistan	1.20×
More people	Japan	3.55×
More crowded	Japan	4.25×
Farther north	Uzbekistan	4.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Uzbekistan	1.8× against 1.6×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Uzbekistan	Japan
Belgium 30,700 km²	14.6×	12.2×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.84×	1.53×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.25×	1.04×
France 548,000 km²	0.82×	0.68×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.14×	0.12×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.05×	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

	Uzbekistan	Japan
Area, main territory	448,000 km²173,000 mi²	374,000 km²144,000 mi²
Population	34.9 millionWikidata, 2021	123.8 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	78 per km²	331 per km²
Official area	449,000 km²Wikidata	378,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tashkent	Tokyo
Latitude range	37°N to 46°N	24°N to 46°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 449,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 448,000 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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