Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is around the same size as Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 97.7% the size of Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (6.9 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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