Canada vs China: which is bigger?
Canada has about 5.3% more area than China in our map dataset.
These are approximate mapped areas, not official land-area or total-area figures.
The maps at a shared scale
Canada
China
The maps are shown side by side, not in their geographic positions.
| Place | Area |
|---|---|
| Canada | ≈ 9,872,058 km² |
| China | ≈ 9,371,233 km² |
The difference is approximately 500,825 km² of mapped area.
Why the definition of area matters
Land-area and total-area tables can treat inland water and overseas territory differently. Both figures here use the same mapped-polygon method; this result does not settle every official country-size ranking.
Source: Natural Earth 5.1.2, 1:50 million boundaries. Source record · Calculation and coverage notes
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