how big is russia compared to the us

Russia is approximately 1.7 to 1.8 times larger than the United States in terms of total land area. Russia's land area is about 16.38 million square kilometers (or around 17.1 million square kilometers including water bodies), whereas the United States has a land area of about 9.8 million square kilometers. This means Russia is roughly 74% to 80% larger than the US in total size.