United States (Contiguous) size comparison
8,080,464 km2 / 3,119,059 mile2
The contiguous United States (also known as the lower 48 or the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states (plus the District of Columbia) on the continent of North America. The terms exclude the non-contiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii, and all other off-shore insular areas, such as American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.
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United States (Contiguous) compared to Saved places
United States compared to other large countries
Russia is
2.12 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Canada is
1.24 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
China is
1.19 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Brazil is
1.05 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Australia is
0.95 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Argentina is
0.34 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
India is
0.41 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
United States compared to European countries
Austria is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
The Balkans is
0.06 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Baltic States is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Bulgaria is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Belarus is
0.03 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Czechoslovakia is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Germany is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
England is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Spain is
0.06 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Finland is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
France is
0.07 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
United Kingdom is
0.03 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Greece (mainland) is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Hungary is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Iberian Peninsula is
0.07 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Iceland is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Italy is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Norway is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Nordic countries is
0.16 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Poland is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Portugal is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Romania is
0.03 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Serbia is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Russia is
2.12 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Scandinavian Peninsula is
0.09 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Sweden is
0.06 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Soviet Union is
2.77 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Ukraine is
0.07 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Ural Mountains is
0.06 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Yugoslavia is
0.03 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
United States compared to Asian countries
UAE (United Arab Emirates) is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Afghanistan is
0.08 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Arabian peninsula is
0.40 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Azerbaijan is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Bangladesh is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
China is
1.19 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Indonesia is
0.23 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
India is
0.41 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Iraq is
0.05 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Iran is
0.20 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Jordan is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Japan is
0.05 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Kamchatka Peninsula is
0.03 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Kenya is
0.07 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Kyrgyzstan is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Cambodia is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Korean peninsula is
0.03 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
North Korea is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
South Korea is
0.01 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Kurdistan is
0.05 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Kazakhstan is
0.34 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Laos is
0.03 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Levant is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Malay peninsula is
0.03 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Manchuria is
0.10 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Middle East is
0.89 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Myanmar is
0.08 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Mongolia is
0.19 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Malaysia is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Nepal is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Oman is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Papua New Guinea is
0.06 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Philippines is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Pakistan is
0.10 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Saudi Arabia is
0.27 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Syria is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Thailand is
0.06 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Tajikistan is
0.02 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Turkmenistan is
0.06 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Turkey is
0.10 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Uzbekistan is
0.06 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Vietnam is
0.04 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Yemen is
0.07 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
United States compared to African countries
Angola is
0.15 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
DR Congo is
0.29 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Algeria is
0.29 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Egypt is
0.12 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Ethiopia is
0.14 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Horn of Africa is
0.23 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Kalahari Desert is
0.11 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Libya is
0.22 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Maghreb is
0.75 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Mali is
0.15 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Mauritania is
0.13 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Namibia is
0.10 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Niger is
0.16 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Nigeria is
0.11 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Nile Basin is
0.42 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Sahara Desert is
1.16 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Sahel is
0.38 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Sudan is
0.23 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Chad is
0.16 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Tanzania is
0.12 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
South Africa is
0.15 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
United States compared to countries in the Americas
Argentina is
0.34 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Bolivia is
0.14 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Brazil is
1.05 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Canada is
1.24 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Colombia is
0.14 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Corn Belt (US) is
0.31 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
The Midwest (US) is
0.26 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Mississippi river basin is
0.37 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Mexico is
0.24 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Peru is
0.16 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
United States is
1.22 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)
Venezuela is
0.11 times
as big as United States (Contiguous)