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

The DR Congo is 111,660 times bigger by total area compared to Nauru: 905,355 sq mi vs 8.11 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the DR Congo is 875,313 sq mi vs 7.72 sq mi for Nauru — a 113,353 times difference in territory size.

The DR Congo ranks 11/197 by total surface area vs 195/197 for Nauru.
The DR Congo occupies 1.52% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.00001% for Nauru.
15.5% of the DR Congo's area is agricultural land vs 20% in Nauru.
The DR Congo has 0.74% of the world's agricultural land area — Nauru has 0.000008%.
54.2% of the DR Congo is covered by forests, compared to 0% in Nauru.
3.04% of the world's forests are in the DR Congo, and 0% are in Nauru.

True size map comparison: DR Congo vs Nauru

See how the DR Congo and Nauru 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	Nauru
Total area	905,355 sq mi	8.11 sq mi
Size difference ratio	111,660	1
Total area rank	11/197	195/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.46%	0.000004%
Land area	875,313 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	113,353	1
Land area rank	11/197	195/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.52%	0.00001%
Population	109,276,265	11,947
Population density	133.1 ppl/mi²	1,568 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	DR Congo	Nauru
Forest area	474,331 sq mi	0 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.2%	0%
Forest area rank	7/196	195/196
World's forests share	3.04%	0%
Agricultural land area	135,505 sq mi	1.54 sq mi
Agricultural land share	15.5%	20%
Agricultural land area rank	37/194	194/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.74%	0.000008%
Arable land	57,521 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	6.57%	n/a
Arable land area rank	22/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	7,714 sq mi	1.54 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.88%	20%
Permanent cropland area rank	24/192	188/192
Water area	30,042 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.32%	4.76%
Water area rank	10/197	165/197
Roads length	94,680 mi	18.6 mi
Land borders length	6,852 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	23 mi	18.6 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	0%

DR Congo vs Nauru 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 Nauru 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.