Country size comparison

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United States is around the same size as China.

China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 2% larger than China. Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1.4 billion people (1.1 billion fewer people live in United States).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of China vs. United States uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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