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

The Congo is 2.09 times bigger by total area compared to Tunisia: 132,047 sq mi vs 63,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the Congo is 131,854 sq mi vs 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia — a 2.2 times difference in territory size.

The Congo ranks 65/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
The Congo occupies 0.23% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
31.2% of the Congo's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
The Congo has 0.22% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
64.1% of the Congo is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.54% of the world's forests are in the Congo, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Congo vs Tunisia

See how the Congo and Tunisia 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	Tunisia
Total area	132,047 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.09	1
Total area rank	65/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.03%
Land area	131,854 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.2	1
Land area rank	64/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.23%	0.1%
Population	6,332,961	12,277,109
Population density	50.4 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Congo	Tunisia
Forest area	84,560 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	64.1%	4.55%
Forest area rank	28/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.54%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	41,125 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.2%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	69/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.22%	0.2%
Arable land	2,124 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	1.61%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	122/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	392 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	102/192	20/192
Water area	193.1 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.15%	5.04%
Water area rank	116/197	52/197
Roads length	14,493 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	3,451 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	105 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.5%	1.1%

Congo vs Tunisia 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 Tunisia 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.