Despite being only about half Earth’s diameter, Mars has nearly as much total surface area as all of Earth’s continents combined—the difference is that oceans cover 71% of our planet, while modern Mars has no permanent bodies of liquid water. - Space Daily
Source:Space Daily
Mars has about 97% as much surface area as Earth’s dry land, a geometrical coincidence created by the oceans covering most of the larger planet.
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