Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 21 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 1,952% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (3.3 million more people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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