Land area comparison · 2023 data
USA vs China size.
China and the United States are much closer in land area than many flat maps make them appear.
United States9,147,420 km²
China9,388,210 km²
China has about 1.03 times the land area of the United States.
240,790 km²difference
USA is 97.4% of Chinarelative size
2023World Bank data
What the numbers say
Almost the same scale.
China has 9,388,210 km² of land area, while the United States has 9,147,420 km². The difference is only about 240,790 km².
That makes the United States roughly 97.4% the land area of China. The comparison excludes inland water, so it differs from lists based on total surface area.
The near match is easy to miss on a Mercator map, where latitude changes apparent size. The proportional circles compare area directly.
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