Country size comparison
compared to
Republic of the Congo is about 1.8 times bigger than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 82% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (16.0 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of
Syria
vs.
Republic of the Congo
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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