> The writers should look at the data they have there. They mention Americans
> incorrectly choosing "largest in the world" as the size of their country, but don't
> show anything larger. In the short list, China is listed ABOVE the US, but with a
> SMALLER area.
>
> Yes, the issue is a matter of measuring contiguous states v. all states, and total
> area v. land area. I'm aware that in no case is the US actually largest.
Good point. Here's a link to a higher resolution version of that image.
http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosystem/uploads/2010/10/true-size-of-africa.jpg
On the right-hand side of the image, there's a list of all the top countries that appears to be sorted by size, but they list China above the US, even through the US is slightly larger.
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