What country is larger in size - China or the United States?

Answer by  vero (22)

Definition size?! Land / water / both? Land China is larger = 9,569,901 sq km United States = 9,161,966 sq km Land / Water United States are larger = 9,826,675 sq km (water: 664,709 sq km ) China = 9,596,961 sq km (water: 27,060 sq km ) Political view. China including occupied areas is larger than the United States.

Answer by  c2a4r8l2 (42)

China has a land mass which is approximately 3,704,427 square miles or 9,640,821 square kilometers. The United States is slightly larger in size with an approximate land mass of 3,794,066 square miles or 9,826,630 square kilometers. However China has about 1. 3 billion citizens versus 309 million citizens in the United States.

Answer by  stiners (221)

The United States consists of 9. 8 million square kilometers of area. China is slightly smaller at 9. 5 million square kilometers of area. This includes water. If calculated purely on land area, China remains at 9. 5 million square kilometers, while the United States only has 9. 1 million square kilometers.

Answer by  Craig19 (154)

The United States is slightly larger in size than China. While China has an area of approximately 3,705,000 square miles, the United States has an area of approximately 3,794,000 square miles.

Answer by  Cali2307 (1337)

The United States is 3,717,813 square miles. Mainland China is a less clear figure because of territory disputes. Without disputed areas, China is smaller than the US at 3,705,407 square feet. With the disputed areas it is larger at 3,721,904 square feet. These countries are the 3rd and 4th largest in the world.

Answer by  Amomin (7)

US is bigger than china if both land and water area is accounted for. China has 9,596,969 sq km while the US has 9,629,091 sq km.