Republic of the Congo is 1.15× the size of Italy

Republic of the Congo covers about 345,000 km² (133,000 mi²) and Italy about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

345,000km²Republic of the Congo
301,000km²Italy

200 km

Republic of the Congo
Italy

What fits

Italy is 87% of the size of Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo is larger by 43,700 km² (16,900 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Italy.
Measured in Belgiums: Republic of the Congo is about 11.2, Italy about 9.82.

How they differ

Republic of the Congo is larger, but Italy has the larger population: 58.9 million against 6.1 million, 9.58× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 18 in Republic of the Congo: Italy is 11.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,850 km apart.
On a standard web map Italy looks larger than Republic of the Congo: Republic of the Congo at 1°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Italy at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Italy as 1.62× the size of Republic of the Congo, when Republic of the Congo is 1.15× the size of Italy.
Together Republic of the Congo and Italy cover 646,000 km², close to the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 43,700 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
At Italy's density, Republic of the Congo would have 67.4 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Republic of the Congo's density, Italy would have 5.4 million (it has 58.9 million).
Italy's centre is 43.5° of latitude, about 4,840 km, farther north than Republic of the Congo's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Republic of the Congo	1.15×
More people	Italy	9.58×
More crowded	Italy	11.0×
Farther north	Italy	43.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Republic of the Congo	Italy
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.2×	9.82×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.41×	1.24×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.96×	0.84×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.92×	0.81×
France 548,000 km²	0.63×	0.55×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Republic of the Congo	Italy
Area, main territory	345,000 km²133,000 mi²	301,000 km²116,000 mi²
Population	6.1 millionWikidata, 2023	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	18 per km²	195 per km²
Official area	342,000 km²Wikidata	302,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Brazzaville	Rome
Latitude range	5°S to 4°N	35°N to 47°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 342,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 345,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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