Continent size comparison
compared to
Asia is about 2.5 times bigger than South America.
South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km,
while Asia is approximately 44,614,000 sq km, making
Asia 150% larger than South America.
This to-scale comparison of
South America
vs.
Asia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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