Country size comparison

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New York is about 2.8 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 35.76% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (13.8 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Republic of the Congo vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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