Total & land area: Afghanistan vs DR Congo size comparison

The DR Congo is 3.6 times bigger by total area compared to Afghanistan: 905,355 sq mi vs 251,827 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the DR Congo is 875,313 sq mi vs 251,827 sq mi for Afghanistan — a 3.48 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 11/197 for the DR Congo.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.52% for the DR Congo.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 15.5% in the DR Congo.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — the DR Congo has 0.74%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 54.2% in the DR Congo.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 3.04% are in the DR Congo.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs DR Congo

See how Afghanistan and the DR Congo compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Afghanistan	DR Congo
Total area	251,827 sq mi	905,355 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	3.6
Total area rank	40/197	11/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.46%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	875,313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	3.48
Land area rank	40/197	11/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	1.52%
Population	42,647,492	109,276,265
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	133.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	DR Congo
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	474,331 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	54.2%
Forest area rank	119/196	7/196
World's forests share	0.03%	3.04%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	135,505 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	15.5%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	37/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.74%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	57,521 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	6.57%
Arable land area rank	33/191	22/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	7,714 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	0.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	24/192
Water area	0 sq mi	30,042 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	3.32%
Water area rank	168/197	10/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	94,680 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	6,852 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	23 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.5%

Afghanistan vs DR Congo size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Afghanistan and the DR Congo but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.