Country size comparison
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Lesotho is about 11 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 8.88% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Lesotho).
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