Continent size comparison
compared to
Africa is about 1.2 times bigger than North America.
North America is approximately 24,230,000 sq km,
while Africa is approximately 30,365,000 sq km, making
Africa 25% larger than North America.
This to-scale comparison of
North America
vs.
Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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