Total & land area: DR Congo vs Guatemala size comparison

The DR Congo is 21.5 times bigger by total area compared to Guatemala: 905,355 sq mi vs 42,042 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the DR Congo is 875,313 sq mi vs 41,375 sq mi for Guatemala — a 21.2 times difference in territory size.

The DR Congo ranks 11/197 by total surface area vs 105/197 for Guatemala.
The DR Congo occupies 1.52% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for Guatemala.
15.5% of the DR Congo's area is agricultural land vs 43% in Guatemala.
The DR Congo has 0.74% of the world's agricultural land area — Guatemala has 0.1%.
54.2% of the DR Congo is covered by forests, compared to 32.6% in Guatemala.
3.04% of the world's forests are in the DR Congo, and 0.09% are in Guatemala.

True size map comparison: DR Congo vs Guatemala

See how the DR Congo and Guatemala 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	Guatemala
Total area	905,355 sq mi	42,042 sq mi
Size difference ratio	21.5	1
Total area rank	11/197	105/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.46%	0.02%
Land area	875,313 sq mi	41,375 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	21.2	1
Land area rank	11/197	102/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.52%	0.07%
Population	109,276,265	18,406,359
Population density	133.1 ppl/mi²	459 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	DR Congo	Guatemala
Forest area	474,331 sq mi	13,487 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.2%	32.6%
Forest area rank	7/196	84/196
World's forests share	3.04%	0.09%
Agricultural land area	135,505 sq mi	17,807 sq mi
Agricultural land share	15.5%	43%
Agricultural land area rank	37/194	91/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.74%	0.1%
Arable land	57,521 sq mi	6,000 sq mi
Arable land share	6.57%	14.5%
Arable land area rank	22/191	90/191
Permanent cropland	7,714 sq mi	4,568 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.88%	11%
Permanent cropland area rank	24/192	32/192
Water area	30,042 sq mi	668 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.32%	1.59%
Water area rank	10/197	98/197
Roads length	94,680 mi	10,949 mi
Land borders length	6,852 mi	1,036 mi
Coastline length	23 mi	248.5 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	0.9%

DR Congo vs Guatemala 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 Guatemala 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.