Australia vs. USA: Land Area Comparison

Australia: 7.692 million km² (2.97M sq mi). USA: 9.834 million km² (3.80M sq mi). Australia is ~78% the size of the US (or the US is ~28% larger). The contiguous US (48 states) is 8.08M km²—Australia is ~95% of that. Australia is the 6th largest country; US is 3rd/4th (depending on China's claim).