If by slightly you mean nearly 20%, I believe that’s only because of Alaska, then it would be smaller. The real crazy huge one is modern day Russia which is easily double Australia and almost 80% larger than the United States.
darnell@one.darnell.one 7 months ago
@ajsadauskas @australia The United States 🇺🇸 is slightly larger than Australia 🇦🇺 which is 🤯! Flat maps hide how large Australia 🇦🇺 is, but a globe is enlightening.
👉🏾 https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/australia/united-states
skydivekingair@lemmy.world 7 months ago
otl@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
The other fun one is that the continental US (AKA everything except Alaska) is just about the same size as Australia. Then when you consider that there’s 49 states versus Australia’s 7, you can see how the numbers come about.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
And to think it has a population smaller than California (20mil)
DeathOfRats@lemmy.world 7 months ago
26.5 mil thank you very much