How many fit

"How many Japans fit in Russia" is the most asked question in the subject. Every page here gives two numbers: how many really fit, and how many this map makes it look like. They differ, and not always in the same direction.

RulerRussiaCanadaUnited StatesChinaBrazilAustralia
Japan42 / 12725 / 8023 / 3423 / 2321 / 1419 / 15
France26 / 6516 / 4115 / 1715 / 1213 / 7.112 / 7.6
Germany48 / 9128 / 5727 / 2426 / 1624 / 10.022 / 11
United Kingdom68 / 11540 / 7238 / 3038 / 2134 / 1331 / 13
India5.4 / 223.2 / 143.0 / 5.83.0 / 4.02.7 / 2.42.4 / 2.6

Really / As Mercator draws it

Under Equal Earth or Gall-Peters the two figures are identical - for every pair on this site. An equal-area projection draws in proportion to true area, so the count you can see is the count there is. That is a definition, not a coincidence.