Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 4.3 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 331% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (2.4 million more people live in Central African Republic).
This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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