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United States is around the same size as Sahara Desert.

Sahara Desert is approximately 9,200,000 km² (3,552,138 sq mi), while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 7% larger than Sahara Desert.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sahara Desert vs. United States uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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