Country size comparison

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Mauritania is about 1.6 times bigger than Central African Republic.

Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 65% larger than Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Central African Republic is ~5.5 million people (1.3 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
This to-scale comparison of Central African Republic vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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