Total & land area: Congo vs DR Congo size comparison [2026]

The DR Congo is 6.86 times bigger by total area compared to the Congo: 905,355 sq mi vs 132,047 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the DR Congo is 875,313 sq mi vs 131,854 sq mi for the Congo — a 6.64 times difference in territory size.

The Congo ranks 65/197 by total surface area vs 11/197 for the DR Congo.
The Congo occupies 0.23% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.52% for the DR Congo.
31.2% of the Congo's area is agricultural land vs 15.5% in the DR Congo.
The Congo has 0.22% of the world's agricultural land area — the DR Congo has 0.74%.
64.1% of the Congo is covered by forests, compared to 54.2% in the DR Congo.
0.54% of the world's forests are in the Congo, and 3.04% are in the DR Congo.

True size map comparison: Congo vs DR Congo

See how the Congo 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

	Congo	DR Congo
Total area	132,047 sq mi	905,355 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	6.86
Total area rank	65/197	11/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.46%
Land area	131,854 sq mi	875,313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	6.64
Land area rank	64/197	11/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.23%	1.52%
Population	6,332,961	109,276,265
Population density	50.4 ppl/mi²	133.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Congo	DR Congo
Forest area	84,560 sq mi	474,331 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	64.1%	54.2%
Forest area rank	28/196	7/196
World's forests share	0.54%	3.04%
Agricultural land area	41,125 sq mi	135,505 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.2%	15.5%
Agricultural land area rank	69/194	37/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.22%	0.74%
Arable land	2,124 sq mi	57,521 sq mi
Arable land share	1.61%	6.57%
Arable land area rank	122/191	22/191
Permanent cropland	392 sq mi	7,714 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	0.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	102/192	24/192
Water area	193.1 sq mi	30,042 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.15%	3.32%
Water area rank	116/197	10/197
Roads length	14,493 mi	94,680 mi
Land borders length	3,451 mi	6,852 mi
Coastline length	105 mi	23 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.5%	0.5%

Congo 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 the Congo 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.