Country size comparison

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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 5 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 435% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (67.9 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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