Democratic Republic of the Congo is 14.9× the size of Shandong

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Africa) covers about 2,325,000 km² (898,000 mi²) and Shandong (province of China) about 156,000 km² (60,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,325,000km²Democratic Republic of the Congo
156,000km²Shandong

500 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Shandong

What fits

Shandong fits inside Democratic Republic of the Congo about 14.9 times by area.
Democratic Republic of the Congo is larger by 2,169,000 km² (838,000 mi²), which is 1,391% of the area of Shandong.
Measured in Belgiums: Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 75.8, Shandong about 5.08.

How they differ

Democratic Republic of the Congo also has the larger population: 105.8 million against 101.5 million, 1.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 651 in Shandong against 45 in Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shandong is 14.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,600 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 Shandong at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Democratic Republic of the Congo as 9.70× the size of Shandong instead of 14.9×.
Together Democratic Republic of the Congo and Shandong cover 2,481,000 km², close to the size of Algeria (2,309,000 km², 6.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,169,000 km², is about the size of Greenland (2,154,000 km²).
At Shandong's density, Democratic Republic of the Congo would have 1.51 billion people (it has 105.8 million). At Democratic Republic of the Congo's density, Shandong would have 7.1 million (it has 101.5 million).
Shandong's centre is 39.2° of latitude, about 4,360 km, farther north than Democratic Republic of the Congo's.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 11th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Shandong is the 20th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Shandong lies about 39° of latitude (roughly 4,360 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 Shandong about 1,540 m².
Laid side by side, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Shandong would cover 2,481,000 km², 1.07× the size of Algeria.
Together they have 207.3 million people, about as many people as Nigeria.
Counted as a country, Shandong would rank 93rd by area and 16th by population.

Side by side

	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Shandong
Is a	CountryAfrica	ProvinceChina
Area, measured	2,325,000 km²898,000 mi²	156,000 km²60,200 mi²
Official area	2,345,000 km²Wikidata	157,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 239worldwide	20th of 31in China
Population	105.8 millionWikidata, 2023	101.5 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	15th of 237worldwide	2nd of 31in China
Density	45 per km²	651 per km²
Capital	Kinshasa	Jinan
Latitude range	13°S to 5°N	34°N to 38°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. 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 157,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 156,000 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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