Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 1.9 times smaller than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 52.44% the size of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (32.8 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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