Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 3.3 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 232% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (16.1 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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