Country size comparison
compared to
South America is around the same size as Russia.
Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km, making South America 4% larger than Russia.
This to-scale comparison of
Russia
vs.
South America
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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