To help compare orders of magnitude of different surface areas, here is a list of areas between 1 million km2 and 10 million km2. See also areas of other orders of magnitude.
- Areas smaller than 1 million km2
- 1,000,000 km2 is equal to:
- 1 E+12 m²
- 1 square megameter
- 386,000 square miles
- square with 1000 km side
- circle with 564 km radius
- surface area of a cube with 408 km edge
- surface area of a sphere with 282 km radius
- 1,002,450 km2 -- Egypt (country ranked 29th by area)
- 1,025,520 km2 -- Mauritania (country ranked 28th by area)
- 1,038,700 km2 -- Colombia (land)
- 1,076,395 km2 -- Ontario
- 1,084,390 km2 -- Bolivia (land)
- 1,098,580 km2 -- Bolivia (country ranked 27th by area)
- 1,104,300 km2 -- Ethiopia (country ranked 26th by area)
- 1,141,748 km2 -- Colombia (country ranked 25th by area)
- 1,183,000 km2 -- Inner Mongolia
- 1,183,085 km2 -- Northwest Territories (land)
- 1,219,912 km2 -- South Africa (country ranked 24th by area)
- 1,228,400 km2 -- Tibet Autonomous Region
- 1,240,192 km2 -- Mali (country ranked 23rd by area)
- 1,246,700 km2 -- Republic of Angola (country ranked 22nd by area)
- 1,247,689 km2 -- Pará state in Brazil
- 1,250,000 km2 -- Aksumite Empire at Maximum extent ca. 350.
- 1,267,000 km2 -- Niger (country ranked 21st by area)
- 1,284,000 km2 -- Chad (country ranked 20th by area)
- 1,285,216 km2 -- Peru (country ranked 19th by area)
- 1,346,106 km2 -- Northwest Territories
- 1,346,200 km2 -- Northern Territory (territory of Australia)
- 1,347,849 km2 -- Division of Lingiari, Northern Territory (electoral division) [1]
- 1,365,128 km2 -- Quebec (land)
- 1,435,200 km2 -- Tyumen Oblast (federal subject of Russia)
- 1,500,000 km2 -- total protected areas of the United States
- 1,542,056 km2 -- Quebec
- 1,570,745 km2 -- Amazonas (Brazilian state)
- 1,565,000 km2 -- Mongolia (country ranked 18th by area)
- 1,648,000 km2 -- Iran (country ranked 17th by area)
- 1,660,000 km2 -- Xinjiang (autonomous region of China)
- 1,717,854 km2 -- Alaska
- 1,727,200 km2 -- Queensland (state of Australia)
- 1,759,540 km2 -- Libya (country ranked 16th by area)
- 1,826,440 km2 -- Indonesia (land)
- 1,919,440 km2 -- Indonesia (country ranked 15th by area)
- 1,936,113 km2 -- Nunavut (land)
- 1,972,550 km2 -- Mexico (country ranked 14th by area)
- 2,000,000 km2 -- Louisiana Purchase
- 2,093,190 km2 -- Nunavut
- 2,149,690 km2 -- Saudi Arabia (country ranked 13th by area)
- 2,166,086 km2 -- Greenland, largest island in the world
- 2,295,354 km2 -- Division of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia[2]
- 2,345,410 km2 -- Congo-Kinshasa (country ranked 12th by area)
- 2,339,700 km2 -- Krasnoyarsk Krai (federal subject of Russia)
- 2,381,740 km2 -- Algeria (country ranked 11th by area)
- 2,500,000 km2 -- Mediterranean Sea
- 2,505,810 km2 -- Sudan (country ranked 10th by area)
- 2,525,500 km2 -- Western Australia
- 2,717,300 km2 -- Kazakhstan (country ranked 9th by area)
- 2,754,000 km2 -- Caribbean Sea
- 2,766,890 km2 -- Argentina (country ranked 8th by area) (without claims on Antarctica and the Falklands)
- 2,800,000 km2 -- Ceres (smallest dwarf planet)
- 2,973,190 km2 -- India (land)
- 3,103,200 km2 -- Yakutia
- 3,200,000 km2 -- European Union-15 (the 15 member states before 1 May 2004)
- 3,225,000 km2 -- Drainage basin of the Mississippi-Missouri river system
- 3,287,590 km2 -- India (country ranked 7th by area)
- 3,439,296 km2 -- Northwest Territories before the separation of Nunavut in 1999
- 3,892,685 km2 -- European Union (25 member states)
- 3,900,000 km2 -- Rupert's Land
- 4,000,000 km2 -- Oceanus Procellarum (Lunar mare)
- 4,200,000 km2 -- Ariel (moon of Uranus)
- 4,300,000 km2 -- Umbriel (moon of Uranus)
- 4,324,782 km2 -- European Union (27 member states)
- 4,464,322 km2 -- ASEAN (10 member states)
- 4,580,000 km2 -- Charon (moon of Pluto)
- 4,949,735 km2 -- Base of the New Jerusalem mentioned in Revelation 21:16
- 4,900,000 km2 -- Maximum extent of the Roman Empire, AD 117
- 5,000,000 km2 -- Mexican Empire
- 6,700,000 km2 -- Iapetus
- 7,000,000 km2 -- Drainage area of the Amazon
- 7,300,000 km2 -- Oberon (moon of Uranus)
- 7,300,000 km2 -- Rhea (moon of Saturn)
- 7,617,930 km2 -- Australia (land)
- 7,686,850 km2 -- Australia (country ranked 6th by area)
- 7,800,000 km2 -- Titania (moon of Uranus)
- 8,456,510 km2 -- Brazil (land)
- 8,514,876 km2 -- Brazil (country ranked 5th by area)
- 9,000,000 km2 -- Sahara Desert
- 9,093,507 km2 -- Canada (land)
- 9,161,923 km2 -- United States (land)1
- 9,326,000 km2 -- China (land)
- 9,597,000 km2 -- China (country ranked 4th by area - Disputed territories excluded)
- 9,640,821 km2 -- China (country ranked 3rd by area - Disputed territories included)
- 9,700,000 km2 -- Europe (land)
- 9,826,630 km2 -- United States1 (country ranked 3rd or 4th by area)
- 9,984,670 km2 -- Canada (country ranked 2nd by area)
- Areas larger than 10 million km2
| Orders of magnitude for area | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 E-30 m² = 1 fm2 | 1 E-24 m² = 1 pm2 | 1 E-18 m² = 1 nm2 | 1 E-12 m² = 1 µm2 | 1 E-6 m² = 1 mm2 | 1 E0 m² = 1 m2 | 1 E+6 m² = 1 km2 | 1 E+12 m² = 1 Mm2 | 1 E+18-24 m² : 1 Gm2 |
| 10 fm2 | 10 pm2 | 10 nm2 | 10 µm2 | 10 mm2 | 10 m2 | 10 km2 | 10 Mm2 | > 1 E+24 m² : 1 Tm² |
| 100 fm2 | 100 pm2 | 100 nm2 | 100 µm2 | 100 mm2 = 1 cm2 | 100 m2 = 1 a | 100 km2 | 100 Mm2 | |
| 1,000 fm2 | 1,000 pm2 | 1,000 nm2 | 1,000 µm2 | 10 cm2 | 10 a | 1,000 km2 | 1,000 Mm2 | |
| 10,000 fm2 | 10,000 pm2 | 10,000 nm2 | 10,000 µm2 | 100 cm2 | 10,000 m2 = 1 ha | 10,000 km2 | 10,000 Mm2 | |
| 100,000 fm2 | 100,000 pm2 | 100,000 nm2 | 100,000 µm2 | 1,000 cm2 | 10 ha | 100,000 km2 | 100,000 Mm2 | |
| SI derived unit square metre, from base unit metre | Conversion of units for area | |||||||
References
- ^ a b "United States". The World Factbook. CIA. 2007-05-31. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html. Retrieved 2007-06-15.