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

The DR Congo is 2.32 times bigger by total area compared to Egypt: 905,355 sq mi vs 390,121 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the DR Congo is 875,313 sq mi vs 384,345 sq mi for Egypt — a 2.28 times difference in territory size.

The DR Congo ranks 11/197 by total surface area vs 29/197 for Egypt.
The DR Congo occupies 1.52% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.67% for Egypt.
15.5% of the DR Congo's area is agricultural land vs 4.08% in Egypt.
The DR Congo has 0.74% of the world's agricultural land area — Egypt has 0.09%.
54.2% of the DR Congo is covered by forests, compared to 0.05% in Egypt.
3.04% of the world's forests are in the DR Congo, and 0.001% are in Egypt.

True size map comparison: DR Congo vs Egypt

See how the DR Congo and Egypt 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

	DR Congo	Egypt
Total area	905,355 sq mi	390,121 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.32	1
Total area rank	11/197	29/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.46%	0.2%
Land area	875,313 sq mi	384,345 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.28	1
Land area rank	11/197	29/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.52%	0.67%
Population	109,276,265	116,538,258
Population density	133.1 ppl/mi²	313 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	DR Congo	Egypt
Forest area	474,331 sq mi	173.7 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.2%	0.05%
Forest area rank	7/196	165/196
World's forests share	3.04%	0.001%
Agricultural land area	135,505 sq mi	15,668 sq mi
Agricultural land share	15.5%	4.08%
Agricultural land area rank	37/194	94/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.74%	0.09%
Arable land	57,521 sq mi	11,981 sq mi
Arable land share	6.57%	3.12%
Arable land area rank	22/191	66/191
Permanent cropland	7,714 sq mi	3,687 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.88%	0.96%
Permanent cropland area rank	24/192	38/192
Water area	30,042 sq mi	5,775 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.32%	1.48%
Water area rank	10/197	35/197
Roads length	94,680 mi	202,101 mi
Land borders length	6,852 mi	1,623 mi
Coastline length	23 mi	1,522 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	4.6%

DR Congo vs Egypt 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 DR Congo and Egypt 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.