LAND AREA means all water features are to be excluded. The size of a state has three measurements: LAND, WATER, and TOTAL (land + water). A lot of people confuse LAND to mean TOTAL AREA. LAND AREA ONLY: 1. Russia: land: 16,995,800 sq km (excluding all water) 2. China: land: 9,326,410 sq km (excluding all water) 3. United States: land: 9,161,923 sq km (excluding all water) 4. Canada: land: 9,093,507 sq km (excluding all water) Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
China
China is larger in both land area and people.
china
The land area of China is 9,596,961 square kilometers or 3,705,407 square miles. The land area of Russia is 17,098,242 square kilometers or 6,592,800 square miles. This makes Russia not only larger than China, but the largest country by land area in the world.
Canada
As far as covered land goes, Russia is the bigger country.
Yes - the only country with more land is Russia.
Russia is larger in land area. Russia is 6,592,800 square miles and China is 3,969,100 square miles.
Yes China is the fourth largest country and one-fifth of the world's population live there!
China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma (Myanmar).
Russia
Russia. It is the largest country in the world by area.