Comparing the US against any other Western country (and most others) using absolute numbers is usually an exercise in https://xkcd.com/1138/ https://xkcd.com/11

Comparing the US against any other Western country (and most others) using absolute numbers is usually an exercise in https://xkcd.com/1138/ https://xkcd.com/1138/. It's physically bigger (except maybe similar to Canada and Australia, both of which have big uninhabited areas) and has more people.