Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is around the same size as Madagascar.

Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 6% larger than Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (22.7 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Madagascar vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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