Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 1.5 times smaller than Central African Republic.
Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 64.83% the size of Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Central African Republic is ~5.5 million people (31.8 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Central African Republic
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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