Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 7 times bigger than Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 586% larger than Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (102.9 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Republic of the Congo vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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