Country size comparison

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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 6 times bigger than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 481% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (71.2 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.