Country size comparison

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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 13 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,151% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (86.8 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Syria 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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