Country size comparison
compared to
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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