Country size comparison

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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 2.3 times bigger than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 128% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (104.2 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Mauritania 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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