Russia vs China: which is bigger?

Russia is bigger: 17,098,246 km² against 9,596,961 km², about 1.78 times the size of China.

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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 5.5 times bigger, not 1.78: the map inflates Russia about 4.9 times and China 1.59 times.

In numbers

Russia: 17,098,246 km² (6,600,000 sq mi), 1st largest, around 66°N
China: 9,596,961 km² (3,710,000 sq mi), 4th largest, around 37°N
China would fit into Russia about 1.78 times.

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