Total & land area: Japan vs Spain size comparison [2026]

Spain is 1.34 times bigger by total area compared to Japan: 195,364 sq mi vs 145,936 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Spain is 192,934 sq mi vs 140,761 sq mi for Japan — a 1.37 times difference in territory size.

Japan ranks 62/197 by total surface area vs 50/197 for Spain.
Japan occupies 0.24% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.34% for Spain.
12.6% of Japan's area is agricultural land vs 49.6% in Spain.
Japan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Spain has 0.52%.
68.4% of Japan is covered by forests, compared to 37.2% in Spain.
0.62% of the world's forests are in Japan, and 0.46% are in Spain.

True size map comparison: Japan vs Spain

See how Japan and Spain compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Japan	Spain
Total area	145,936 sq mi	195,364 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.34
Total area rank	62/197	50/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.1%
Land area	140,761 sq mi	192,934 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.37
Land area rank	61/197	51/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.24%	0.34%
Population	123,975,371	48,848,840
Population density	872 ppl/mi²	253 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Japan	Spain
Forest area	96,275 sq mi	71,757 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	68.4%	37.2%
Forest area rank	23/196	33/196
World's forests share	0.62%	0.46%
Agricultural land area	17,788 sq mi	95,648 sq mi
Agricultural land share	12.6%	49.6%
Agricultural land area rank	92/194	45/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.52%
Arable land	15,614 sq mi	44,389 sq mi
Arable land share	11.1%	23%
Arable land area rank	56/191	26/191
Permanent cropland	981 sq mi	19,729 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.7%	10.2%
Permanent cropland area rank	75/192	10/192
Water area	5,175 sq mi	2,430 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.55%	1.24%
Water area rank	37/197	59/197
Roads length	757,310 mi	424,505 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,213 mi
Coastline length	18,486 mi	3,084 mi
Share of marine protected waters	13.8%	12.8%

Japan vs Spain size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

GeoRank.org/size/japan/spain | CC BY

The map above outlines the borders of Japan and Spain but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.