Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 1.9 times smaller than Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 51.99% the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is ~108.4 million people (50.9 million fewer people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Democratic Republic of the Congo
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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