Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 1.4 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 35% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (4.1 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
This to-scale comparison of Papua New Guinea vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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