Country size comparison
compared to
United States is about 1.8 times smaller than South America.
South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km,
while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making
United States 55.12% the size of South America.
This to-scale comparison of
South America
vs.
United States
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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