Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 5 times bigger than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 430% larger than Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (3.7 million more people live in Republic of the Congo).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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