Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 5 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 409% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (13.9 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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