Central African Republic covers 622,984 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.5% of all land on Earth. It ranks 45th of 237 countries worldwide and 20th in Africa. At 7° latitude Mercator only inflates Central African Republic by about 1%, so the old and new maps largely agree on it, unlike the far north where Mercator's stretch is dramatic.
For scale, Central African Republic is roughly the same size as Somalia (637,657 km²).
You could fit 3 of Tunisia inside Central African Republic.
Central African Republic: key figures
| True area | 622,984 km² |
| World rank | 45th |
| Share of world land | 0.5% |
| Rank in Africa | 20th / 58 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.01× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 631,270 km² |
Largest countries in Africa (true area)
| Africa | |
|---|
| Algeria | 2,381,741 km² |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,858 km² |
| Sudan | 1,878,000 km² |
| Libya | 1,759,540 km² |
| Chad | 1,284,000 km² |
| Niger | 1,267,000 km² |