Russia vs Australia: which is bigger?

Russia is bigger: 17,098,246 km² against 7,692,024 km², about 2.2 times the size of Australia.

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Side by side at true size

Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.

And on the usual world map

On the usual world map Russia looks 8.7 times bigger, not 2.2: the map inflates Russia about 4.9 times and Australia 1.25 times.

In numbers

Russia: 17,098,246 km² (6,600,000 sq mi), 1st largest, around 66°N
Australia: 7,692,024 km² (2,970,000 sq mi), 6th largest, around 26°S
Australia would fit into Russia about 2.2 times.

Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works