United States covers 9,525,067 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 7.0% of all land on Earth. It ranks 4th of 237 countries worldwide and 2nd in North America. At 45° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2×, drawing it closer to 18,881,540 km², a difference of roughly 98%.
For scale, United States is roughly the same size as China (9,596,960 km²).
You could fit 3 of Argentina inside United States.
United States: key figures
| True area | 9,525,067 km² |
| World rank | 4th |
| Share of world land | 7.0% |
| Rank in North America | 2nd / 38 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 18,881,540 km² |
Largest countries in North America (true area)
| North America | |
|---|
| Canada | 9,984,670 km² |
| United States (this country) | 9,525,067 km² |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² |
| Mexico | 1,964,375 km² |
| Nicaragua | 130,373 km² |
| Honduras | 112,492 km² |