Geography

Which is larger in area, Australia or Brazil?

Brazil

Background

Australia often looks huge on world maps. But Brazil is actually a good bit larger. Brazil covers about 8.5 million square kilometers, Australia roughly 7.7. Map distortion simply makes Australia seem bigger than it is.

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