Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 3 times smaller than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 33.18% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (1.4 million more people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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