Reviewed country profile
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a large Central African sovereign state whose territorial surface area is slightly greater than Greenland’s.
Democratic Republic of the Congo territorial area
2,345,410 km²
Land and inland-water territorial surface area; EEZs, maritime claims, and map-projection display area are excluded.
Political-status classification: sovereign-state.
Map context and caveats
Its position across the Equator means common cylindrical maps stretch it far less than Greenland. A same-scale comparison therefore reverses a common visual intuition.
- The record uses the full name and the code COD to distinguish the country from the neighbouring Republic of the Congo.
- The reviewed territorial surface-area definition includes inland water and excludes maritime claims.