Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 3.3 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 234% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (2.5 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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