Western Australia is 1.09× the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Western Australia (state of Australia) covers about 2,528,000 km² (976,000 mi²) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Africa) about 2,325,000 km² (898,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,528,000km²Western Australia
2,325,000km²Democratic Republic of the Congo

500 km

Western Australia
Democratic Republic of the Congo

What fits

Democratic Republic of the Congo is 92% of the size of Western Australia.
Western Australia is larger by 203,000 km² (78,300 mi²), which is 8.7% of the area of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Democratic Republic of the Congo about 75.8.

How they differ

Western Australia is larger, but Democratic Republic of the Congo has the larger population: 105.8 million against 3.0 million, 35.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 45 in Democratic Republic of the Congo against 1.2 in Western Australia: Democratic Republic of the Congo is 38.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,700 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Western Australia at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Democratic Republic of the Congo at 3°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Western Australia as 1.33× the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo instead of 1.09×.
The gap between them, 203,000 km², is about the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km²).
At Democratic Republic of the Congo's density, Western Australia would have 115.0 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Democratic Republic of the Congo would have 2.8 million (it has 105.8 million).
Democratic Republic of the Congo's centre is 22.5° of latitude, about 2,500 km, farther north than Western Australia's.
Western Australia is the largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 33% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 11th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Democratic Republic of the Congo lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,500 km) north of Western Australia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Western Australia would have about 840,280 m² and each person in Democratic Republic of the Congo about 21,980 m².
Together they have 108.8 million people, 97% as many people as the Philippines.
Counted as a country, Western Australia would rank 10th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

	Western Australia	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is a	StateAustralia	CountryAfrica
Area, measured	2,528,000 km²976,000 mi²	2,325,000 km²898,000 mi²
Official area	2,527,000 km²Wikidata	2,345,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 8in Australia	10th of 239worldwide
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2024	105.8 millionWikidata, 2023
Rank by population	4th of 8in Australia	15th of 237worldwide
Density	1.2 per km²	45 per km²
Capital	Perth	Kinshasa
Latitude range	35°S to 14°S	13°S to 5°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 2,527,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,528,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 2,345,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,325,000 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Western Australia

Similar in size to Democratic Republic of the Congo

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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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