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I assume you're referring to the contiguous 48 states, because the total land mass of the USA is 2% larger than China, not smaller.

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Thanks for the correction - I wasn't particularly careful looking at the list on Wikpedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen...

You were actually correct. See note [e] in that table.

This is incorrect. China's landmass is larger than the US (including Alaska). The US is only larger if you include coastal and territorial waters, clearly not landmass area.

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