Continent size comparison
compared to
North America is about 1.2 times smaller than Africa.
Africa is approximately 30,365,000 sq km, while North America is approximately 24,230,000 sq km, making North America 79.8% the size of Africa.
This to-scale comparison of
Africa
vs.
North America
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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