United States vs China: which is bigger?
The United States is bigger: 9,826,675 km² against 9,596,961 km², about 1.02 times the size of China.
Drop the United States onto China →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 the United States looks 1.48 times bigger, not 1.02: the map inflates the United States about 2.3 times and China 1.59 times.
In numbers
- United States: 9,826,675 km² (3,790,000 sq mi), 3rd largest, around 40°N
- China: 9,596,961 km² (3,710,000 sq mi), 4th largest, around 37°N
- China would fit into the United States about 1.02 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works