Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is around the same size as Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 95.52% the size of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (32.9 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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