Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 2 times smaller than Mali.

Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 50.23% the size of Mali. Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people (15.3 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mali vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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