Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 5 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 19.44% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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