Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 8 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 723% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (11.9 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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