Russia vs United States: which is bigger?
Russia is bigger: 17,098,246 km² against 9,826,675 km², about 1.74 times the size of the United States.
Drop Russia onto the United States →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 3.7 times bigger, not 1.74: the map inflates Russia about 4.9 times and the United States 2.3 times.
In numbers
- Russia: 17,098,246 km² (6,600,000 sq mi), 1st largest, around 66°N
- United States: 9,826,675 km² (3,790,000 sq mi), 3rd largest, around 40°N
- The United States would fit into Russia about 1.74 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works