Country size comparison

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

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 180% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (13.8 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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