Country size comparison
compared to
Russia is about 1.7 times bigger than United States.
United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 74% larger than United States. Meanwhile, the population of United States is ~337.3 million people (195.3 million fewer people live in Russia).
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