Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 8 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 729% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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