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Re:Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic ... by simonebrunozzi on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:52AM (#36920337)
Japan: 377,973 km² [0]

California: 423,970 km² [1]

You are off by roughly 9 times. Not a small mistake.

[0]: https://www.worlddata.info/asia/japan/index.php

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California

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Re:Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic ... by A_D_E_P_T on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:56AM (#36920362)
Japan: 145,937 sq.m.

California: 163,696 sq.m.

163,696 - 10% = 147326.4

I said "10 percent" not "10 times." And it does so happen that Japan is roughly 10% smaller than California. (In fact it's closer to 11% smaller, but I rounded it out.)

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Re:Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic ... by simonebrunozzi on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:26AM (#36928430)
Oh, my bad. You are right. Somehow when I read your comment I thought you meant 10 times. Not sure why that happened.
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