Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 8 times smaller than Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 12.85% the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is ~108.4 million people (47.3 million fewer people live in Italy).

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