Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 2 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 49.17% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (19.0 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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