Country size comparison
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United States is around the same size as Canada.
Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 98.49% the size of Canada. Meanwhile, the population of Canada is ~38.2 million people (299.1 million more people live in United States).
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