Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 4.3 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 333% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (7.4 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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