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

The DR Congo is 84.5 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 905,355 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the DR Congo is 875,313 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 82.3 times difference in territory size.

The DR Congo ranks 11/197 by total surface area vs 144/197 for Haiti.
The DR Congo occupies 1.52% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Haiti.
15.5% of the DR Congo's area is agricultural land vs 65.1% in Haiti.
The DR Congo has 0.74% of the world's agricultural land area — Haiti has 0.04%.
54.2% of the DR Congo is covered by forests, compared to 12.3% in Haiti.
3.04% of the world's forests are in the DR Congo, and 0.008% are in Haiti.

True size map comparison: DR Congo vs Haiti

See how the DR Congo and Haiti 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	Haiti
Total area	905,355 sq mi	10,714 sq mi
Size difference ratio	84.5	1
Total area rank	11/197	144/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.46%	0.005%
Land area	875,313 sq mi	10,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	82.3	1
Land area rank	11/197	142/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.52%	0.02%
Population	109,276,265	11,772,557
Population density	133.1 ppl/mi²	1,132 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	DR Congo	Haiti
Forest area	474,331 sq mi	1,305 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.2%	12.3%
Forest area rank	7/196	146/196
World's forests share	3.04%	0.008%
Agricultural land area	135,505 sq mi	6,931 sq mi
Agricultural land share	15.5%	65.1%
Agricultural land area rank	37/194	123/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.74%	0.04%
Arable land	57,521 sq mi	3,880 sq mi
Arable land share	6.57%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	22/191	108/191
Permanent cropland	7,714 sq mi	1,158 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.88%	10.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	24/192	68/192
Water area	30,042 sq mi	73.4 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.32%	0.68%
Water area rank	10/197	130/197
Roads length	94,680 mi	2,651 mi
Land borders length	6,852 mi	233.6 mi
Coastline length	23 mi	1,100 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	1.8%

DR Congo vs Haiti 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 Haiti 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.