Country size comparison
compared to
Republic of the Congo is about 3.6 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 28.05% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (52.0 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Republic of the Congo
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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