Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 9 times bigger than Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 768% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sierra Leone vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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