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Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
On that world atlas site I found:

Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles)
Canada 9,330,970 sq km, (3,602,707 sq miles)
China 9,326,410 sq km, (3,600,947 sq miles)
United States 9.166,600 sq km, (3,539,242 sq miles)
Brazil 8,456,510 sq km, (3,265,075 sq miles)
Australia 7,617,930 sq km, (2,941,283 sq miles)
India 2,973,190 sq km, (1,147,949 sq miles)
Argentina 2,736,690 sq km, (1,056,636 sq miles)
Kazakhstan 2,717,300 sq km, (1,049,150 sq miles)
Sudan 2,376,000 sq km, (917,374 sq miles)

Seems to be some disagreement on who's third largest!

Not really the problem is in definitions. Yours is Land Area mine was actually (I mislabeled it) Total Area.

Total Area is international borders and so counts inland water bodies etc. The other is just the land, and subtracts any area covered in water. The US has about twice the water area of China so Total Area is larger for US while Land Area is larger for China.