Country size comparison
compared to
Republic of the Congo is about 2 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 98% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (1.2 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
Republic of the Congo
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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