Africa · Middle Africa
How to draw Republic of the Congo from memory
Republic of the Congo is a single continuous landmass, roughly as wide as it is tall. Lock that proportion in before you worry about any individual stretch of border. Its border sits in the middle of the difficulty range — enough straight sections to anchor you, enough detail to punish a careless stroke.
- Difficulty
- medium
- Population
- 5.4 m
- Code
- COG
- Attempts
- 237
- Avg score
- 65
- Best
- 67
Draw Republic of the Congo
Practice · draw from memory
Republic of the Congo
A four-step strategy for Republic of the Congo
- 01
Start by fixing the overall footprint. Republic of the Congo is close to square overall, so a lopsided sketch loses points fast.
- 02
Anchor one unmistakable feature — the straightest border section or the sharpest cape — and draw outward from it in a single continuous stroke.
- 03
Close the loop back to where you started. An open shape gets filled unpredictably and drags your score down.
- 04
Submit, read the nine-sector grid, and redraw immediately. The sector readout names the region you under-drew, and a second attempt typically gains 10–20 points.
FJQuick facts
- Continent
- Africa
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Outline pieces
- 1
- Detail score
- 3.53
Three things that go wrong when people sketch Republic of the Congo
Each one is measured off the outline the game scores, not copied from a reference atlas: the proportions, the straight sections and the way the shape breaks into pieces are all properties of the coordinates your stroke gets compared against.
It narrows sharply toward the north
The outline is 2.4× wider at the bottom of the shape than at the top, so the broad part belongs in the south. Most failed sketches here put the wide section at the wrong end.
Republic of the Congo is close to square
Width against height comes out at 0.86 to 1, so the shape neither runs away sideways nor stretches vertically. Set that box first: with a near-square country almost every lost point comes from the coast detail inside it, not the footprint.
Close the loop before adding detail
Republic of the Congo occupies a 379×440 unit box on the game canvas. Fill that box with one continuous closed stroke first: the scorer compares filled area, so an open outline loses the interior it never enclosed.
Answer key: the real shape of Republic of the Congo
- Box on the canvas
- 379 × 440 units
- Width to height
- 0.86 : 1
- Separate landmasses
- 1
- Longest straight run
- Nothing over 8% of the perimeter
- Coast against silhouette
- 1.45× the wrapping outline
Open it after you have drawn Republic of the Congo at least once. Seeing the shape first replaces the recall the score is meant to measure with tracing, and tracing always scores higher than remembering.
Why Republic of the Congo is scored this way
Country Drawing does not compare your sketch to a picture of Republic of the Congo. It scales and centres both your stroke and the real border into the same box, fills them, and measures how much of the two shapes overlap relative to their combined area. That means you are never punished for drawing Republic of the Congo small, off to one side, or rotated slightly — only for getting the shape itself wrong. The nine-sector grid then splits the real border into a 3×3 mesh and reports coverage per cell, which is how it can tell you that you lost the whole eastern edge rather than just handing you a number.
Republic of the Congo by the numbers
Republic of the Congo covers 342,000 km², which makes it the 63rd largest of 190 countries in the game and the 27th largest in Africa. The capital is Brazzaville at about 1°S, 15°E, and it sits in Middle Africa. It touches Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo and Gabon, and 100% of its area sits in one main landmass. The rest of the perimeter is water.
Next to Republic of the Congo: its land neighbours
Size is what the outline has to fill, so comparing the countries that share this border side by side is the fastest way to get the proportions into your head before you draw.
| Country | Area | Population | Capital | Pieces | vs Republic of the Congo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of the Congothis page | 342,000 km² | 5.4 m | Brazzaville | 1 | — |
 Angola | 1,246,700 km² | 31.8 m | Luanda | 1 | 3.65× |
 Cameroon | 475,442 km² | 25.9 m | Yaoundé | 1 | 1.39× |
 Central African Republic | 622,984 km² | 4.7 m | Bangui | 1 | 1.82× |
 DR Congo | 2,344,858 km² | 86.8 m | Kinshasa | 1 | 6.86× |
 Gabon | 267,668 km² | 2.2 m | Libreville | 1 | 0.78× |
Draw these next
Countries near Republic of the Congo share border conventions and coastline styles, which makes them the most useful follow-up practice.
Working through one country at a time is slow. Take the blank map of africa and label the whole region from memory — it shows you which neighbours you have never actually seen.
Republic of the Congo drawing questions
How big is Republic of the Congo?
Republic of the Congo covers 342,000 km², ranking 63rd of 190 countries here by land area and 27th in Africa. About 15% of the area of DR Congo.
What is the capital of Republic of the Congo?
The capital is Brazzaville at about 1°S, 15°E. The game scores the shape of the border rather than the position of any city, so the capital and its coordinates are here to help you place Republic of the Congo on a blank map.
Is Republic of the Congo hard to draw?
It is rated medium, and carries more outline detail than 67% of the 190 borders in this game. The shape has to be placed as 1 landmass, with no straight edge longer than 8% of the perimeter to anchor it.
Which countries border Republic of the Congo?
Republic of the Congo shares a land border with Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo and Gabon. The remaining perimeter is coast, which is the part that usually costs points.