Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is around the same size as Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 90.5% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (118.7 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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