Country size comparison
compared to
Republic of the Congo is about 4.9 times bigger than Ireland.
Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 387% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (271,303 more people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of
Ireland
vs.
Republic of the Congo
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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