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

The Congo is 2.91 times bigger by total area compared to Eritrea: 132,047 sq mi vs 45,406 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the Congo is 131,854 sq mi vs 46,787 sq mi for Eritrea — a 2.82 times difference in territory size.

The Congo ranks 65/197 by total surface area vs 99/197 for Eritrea.
The Congo occupies 0.23% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for Eritrea.
31.2% of the Congo's area is agricultural land vs 62.7% in Eritrea.
The Congo has 0.22% of the world's agricultural land area — Eritrea has 0.16%.
64.1% of the Congo is covered by forests, compared to 8.63% in Eritrea.
0.54% of the world's forests are in the Congo, and 0.03% are in Eritrea.

True size map comparison: Congo vs Eritrea

See how the Congo and Eritrea 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	Eritrea
Total area	132,047 sq mi	45,406 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.91	1
Total area rank	65/197	99/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.02%
Land area	131,854 sq mi	46,787 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.82	1
Land area rank	64/197	96/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.23%	0.08%
Population	6,332,961	3,535,603
Population density	50.4 ppl/mi²	78.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Congo	Eritrea
Forest area	84,560 sq mi	4,038 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	64.1%	8.63%
Forest area rank	28/196	123/196
World's forests share	0.54%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	41,125 sq mi	29,313 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.2%	62.7%
Agricultural land area rank	69/194	79/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.22%	0.16%
Arable land	2,124 sq mi	2,664 sq mi
Arable land share	1.61%	5.69%
Arable land area rank	122/191	119/191
Permanent cropland	392 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	0.02%
Permanent cropland area rank	102/192	175/192
Water area	193.1 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.15%	0%
Water area rank	116/197	174/197
Roads length	14,493 mi	9,942 mi
Land borders length	3,451 mi	1,143 mi
Coastline length	105 mi	1,388 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.5%	0%

Congo vs Eritrea 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 Eritrea 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.