Is russia bigger than africa?

Africa is bigger. The total area of the continent of "Africa" is 29,800,000 square kilometres. The total area of "Russia" (the Russian Federation in 2007 which is partly in Continent of Europe and partly in Continent of Asia) is 16,885,500 square kilometres. read more

Russia also isn't as large as it is depicted, with Africa larger than Russia in reality. As a result, shapes of world maps have typically been diverse, ranging from hearts to cones. But the diversity gradually faded away with one model, invented by Gerardus Mercator, surpassing the others. read more

No Russia is only 17,098,242 km2 and the continent of Africa is 30,244,049 km2. And by the way South America is larger than Russia as well, though not by much. read more