Country size comparison
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Central African Republic is about 27 times smaller than Russia.
Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 3.64% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (136.6 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
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Moving from Central African Republic to Russia · UN DESA 2020
89 people born in Central African Republic live in Russia.
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