Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 11 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 1,027% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (3.4 million more people live in Republic of the Congo).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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