Country size comparison

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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 1.9 times bigger than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 92% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (50.9 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa 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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