Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 2.8 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 35.41% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (1.7 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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