Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 1.4 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 42% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (35.0 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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