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Algeria vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Land area in square kilometres

Algeria
2.38 million sq. km
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo
2.27 million sq. km
in 2023
Algeria rank
10th
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
11th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Algeria
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922023

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 2.38 million sq. km against 2.27 million sq. km in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 114,690 sq. km.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Algeria has been ahead every year.

Algeria ranks 10th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 11th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.