Which is bigger, Australia or USA (*not* including Alaska)?
The USA is the 3rd largest country in the world, behind only Russia (1) and Canada (2). Australia is the 6th largest, behind China (4) and Brazil (5). India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, and Sudan fill up the rest ot the top 10, respectively, but they are all much smaller than any of the top 6. The USA is at 9,631,418 km2 and Australia is at 7,686,850 km2. If the area of the state of Alaska was added to the area of Australia, the total area would be 9,404,704 km2, meaning it would still be about 0.23 million km2 smaller. USA (minus Alaska) and Australia would be very close to the same size, but Australia would still be smaller.
