Country size comparison

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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 56 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 5,544% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (91.0 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Netherlands 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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