How many North Americas can fit in Africa?

Top 15 countries
(Africa) 30.4
Russia 17.1
Canada 10.0
China 9.6
U.S. 9.5
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Jun 16, 2015

Is North America bigger than Africa?

The second-largest landmass is the continent of Africa with an area of 30.2 million km². … North America is Earth’s third-largest landmass, with an area of 24.2 million km².

Would all of North America fit into Africa?

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“This continent is the biggest continent in the world, not separated even by a river,” he said. “Rivers that are there flow with the continent; they do not cut it into half or quarter. All continents put together will fit in, into Africa.”

How many times larger is Africa than North America?

The total area of the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) is 9.6 million square kilometers (3.8 million square miles). Africa is more than three times the size of the US.

How big is Africa actually?

11.73 million mi²
Africa/Area

Why is Africa so small on the map?

The world map you are probably familiar with is called the Mercator projection (below), which was developed all the way back in 1569 and greatly distorts the relative areas of land masses. It makes Africa look tiny, and Greenland and Russia appear huge.

How big is Africa compared to North and South America?

Africa is 1.69 times as big as South America

At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area.

What are the top 3 largest continents?

The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

What continent is bigger than Africa?

That’s easy: Asia. It’s the biggest in terms of both size and population. But what about the other continents: Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America?

Is China bigger than Africa?

Indeed, Africa is 3 times bigger than China. China is the third (or fourth biggest country, depending on the definintion) in the world with an area of 6.4% of the total of the world.

Is Greenland the size of Africa?

The most glaring example of this distortion is Greenland, appears to be roughly the same size as Africa. In reality, as mentioned above Greenland is just 2,166,086 sq km and whereas Africa is 30,043,862 sq km, nearly 14-and-a-half times larger.

Is China bigger than the US?

China has a land area of 9.3 million square kilometers (3.6 million square miles), which is 2.2% larger than the US land area of 9.1 million square kilometers (3.5 million square miles).

Can Russia fit in Africa?

Africa is 1.77 times as big as Russia

At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area. … Algeria is Africa’s largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population.

How large is Nigeria?

356,669 mi²
Nigeria/Area

Is Canada bigger than Africa?

Africa is 3.02 times as big as Canada

At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area.

How big is USA?

3.797 million mi²
United States/Area

How large is Australia?

2.97 million mi²
Australia/Area

Is Greenland really big?

Greenland has an area of 836,000 square miles (2.16 million km2), which makes it a bit smaller than the DR Congo, at 857,000 sq. mi (2.22 million km2).

How big is Egypt?

390,100 mi²
Egypt/Area

How big is Russian?

6.612 million mi²
Russia/Area

How big is the China?

3.705 million mi²
China/Area

How large is Texas?

268,597 mi²
Texas/Area

How big is Iran?

636,400 mi²
Iran/Area

How large is France?

210,016 mi²
France/Area

How large is Italy?

116,348 mi²
Italy/Area