Democratic Republic of the Congo is 24.6× the size of Bihar

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Africa) covers about 2,325,000 km² (898,000 mi²) and Bihar (state of India) about 94,700 km² (36,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,325,000km²Democratic Republic of the Congo
94,700km²Bihar

500 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bihar

What fits

Bihar fits inside Democratic Republic of the Congo about 24.6 times by area.
Democratic Republic of the Congo is larger by 2,231,000 km² (861,000 mi²), which is 2,356% of the area of Bihar.
Measured in Belgiums: Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 75.8, Bihar about 3.09.

How they differ

Democratic Republic of the Congo also has the larger population: 105.8 million against 103.8 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,096 in Bihar against 45 in Democratic Republic of the Congo: Bihar is 24.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,380 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Democratic Republic of the Congo at 3°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Bihar at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Democratic Republic of the Congo as 20.0× the size of Bihar instead of 24.6×.
Together Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bihar cover 2,420,000 km², close to the size of Algeria (2,309,000 km², 4.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,231,000 km², is about the size of Algeria (2,309,000 km²).
At Bihar's density, Democratic Republic of the Congo would have 2.55 billion people (it has 105.8 million). At Democratic Republic of the Congo's density, Bihar would have 4.3 million (it has 103.8 million).
Bihar's centre is 28.5° of latitude, about 3,170 km, farther north than Democratic Republic of the Congo's.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 11th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Bihar is the 12th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Bihar lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,170 km) north of Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Democratic Republic of the Congo would have about 21,980 m² and each person in Bihar about 910 m².
Laid side by side, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bihar would cover 2,420,000 km², 1.05× the size of Algeria.
Together they have 209.6 million people, about as many people as Nigeria.
Counted as a country, Bihar would rank 110th by area and 16th by population.

Side by side

	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Bihar
Is a	CountryAfrica	StateIndia
Area, measured	2,325,000 km²898,000 mi²	94,700 km²36,600 mi²
Official area	2,345,000 km²Wikidata	94,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 239worldwide	12th of 36in India
Population	105.8 millionWikidata, 2023	103.8 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	15th of 237worldwide	3rd of 36in India
Density	45 per km²	1,096 per km²
Capital	Kinshasa	Patna
Latitude range	13°S to 5°N	24°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 2,345,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,325,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,700 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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