Country size comparison

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Australia is about 2.2 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 45.27% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (115.9 million fewer people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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