Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 5 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 426% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (15.3 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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