Africa · Middle Africa

Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo covers about 345,000 km² (133,000 mi²), the 66th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Finland, at about 333,000 km².

345,000km²Area, main territory
6.1 millionPopulation
11.2In Belgiums

200 km

Republic of the Congo

Facts

Area, main territory	345,000 km²133,000 mi²
Official area	342,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure
In Belgiums	11.2
Capital	Brazzaville
Population	6.1 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	18 people per km²
Latitude range	5°S to 4°N
In other languages	República del Congo Español · Republik Kongo Deutsch · République du Congo Français · República do Congo Português · コンゴ共和国日本語 · 刚果共和国中文 · 콩고 공화국 한국어
Continent	Africa#27 of 54 countries by area

What the numbers say about Republic of the Congo

Russia, the largest place listed, is 49.2× the size of Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo ranks 65th of 239 by area but only 111th of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
At 18 people per km², Republic of the Congo is the 156th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
Republic of the Congo lies at 1°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
Laid out flat, Republic of the Congo's main territory stretches about 971 km north to south and 836 km east to west.
Wikidata's official figure of 342,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 345,000 km², to within 2%.

How Republic of the Congo measures up

Republic of the Congo holds 1.2% of the land area and 0.4% of the people of the 54 countries listed for Africa. In Middle Africa it is the 6th largest of 9.

Where it ranks	Figure	Position
Area	345,000 km²	65th of 239
Population	6.1 million	111th of 237
Density	18 per km²	156th of 185
Farthest north	0.8°S	174th of 212

Compared with	Its area	Republic of the Congo is
Belgium	30,700 km²	11.2× its size
United Kingdom	244,000 km²	1.41× its size
Germany	358,000 km²	0.96× its size
Japan	374,000 km²	0.92× its size
France	548,000 km²	0.63× its size
India	3,151,000 km²	0.11× its size
Brazil	8,473,000 km²	0.04× its size
United States	9,447,000 km²	0.04× its size
Russia	16,980,000 km²	0.02× its size

Where Republic of the Congo sits

Republic of the Congo's centre lies at 0.8°S, 15.2°E, in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 90 km from the equator.
It straddles the equator, spanning 5°S to 4°N.

Closest neighbours, by distance between centres

On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world

If Republic of the Congo had other densities

At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Republic of the Congo would have 432.0 million people. It has 6.1 million.
At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Republic of the Congo would have 1.3 million people. It has 6.1 million.
At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 25.0 million.

About the same size as

Largest in Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo2,325,000 km²
Algeria2,309,000 km²
Sudan1,856,000 km²
Libya1,624,000 km²
Chad1,266,000 km²
Republic of the Congo#27 · 345,000 km²

Compare Republic of the Congo

Sources and method

Outline: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
Official figures: Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
Population: Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
Data built: 2026-11-11

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