United States on the Equal Earth Map
North America • COUNTRYThe United States is the 3rd-largest country by total area (9,833,517 km² / 3,796,742 mi²). Spanning North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific and extending to Alaska and Hawaii, its relative size is accurately balanced on Equal Earth without the extreme northern exaggeration of Alaska common to Mercator.
How Does United States Look on the Equal Earth Projection?
On traditional conformal world maps like Mercator, landmasses located near the equator are rendered visually compressed compared to polar and temperate regions.
The Equal Earth projection mathematically guarantees that United States (9,833,517 km²) is displayed in exact visual proportion to every other territory on Earth without conformal area distortion.
Alaska alone is 1.7 million km², but on Mercator it falsely looks as large as half the continental United States.
How United States Compares in Size
Direct relative scale comparisons with prominent global benchmarks:
| Benchmark Entity | Benchmark Area | Comparison Ratio | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 France | 643,801 km² | United States is 15.27× larger | Compare Directly → |
| 🇨🇳 China | 9,596,960 km² | United States is 1.02× larger | Compare Directly → |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 17,098,242 km² | United States is 1.74× smaller (58% of Russia) | Compare Directly → |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 8,515,767 km² | United States is 1.15× larger | Compare Directly → |