Country size comparison

compared to

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

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 520% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (15.8 million fewer people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).

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