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South America is around the same size as Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km, making South America 4% larger than Russia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. South America uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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