Country size comparison
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Central African Republic is about 2.6 times smaller than Iran.
Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 37.8% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (81.3 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
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