Continent size comparison
compared to
Europe is about 1.8 times smaller than South America.
South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km, while Europe is approximately 10,180,000 sq km, making Europe 57.06% the size of South America.
This to-scale comparison of
South America
vs.
Europe
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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