Central African Republic is 19.7× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Central African Republic (Africa) covers about 618,000 km² (239,000 mi²) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

618,000km²Central African Republic
31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

500 km

Central African Republic
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

What fits

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur fits inside Central African Republic about 19.7 times by area.
Central African Republic is larger by 587,000 km² (227,000 mi²), which is 1,872% of the area of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Measured in Belgiums: Central African Republic is about 20.1, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 1.02.

How they differ

Central African Republic is larger, but Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur has the larger population: 5.2 million against 5.2 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur against 8.3 in Central African Republic: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 19.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,390 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Central African Republic at 7°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Central African Republic as 10.4× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur instead of 19.7×.
Together Central African Republic and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cover 649,000 km², close to the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 587,000 km², is about the size of Kenya (586,000 km²).
At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Central African Republic would have 101.9 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Central African Republic's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 261,000 (it has 5.2 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 37.4° of latitude, about 4,160 km, farther north than Central African Republic's.
Central African Republic ranks 44th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,160 km) north of Central African Republic.
Shared out evenly, each person in Central African Republic would have about 119,940 m² and each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 6,060 m².
Laid side by side, Central African Republic and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would cover 649,000 km², about the same size as Afghanistan.
Together they have 10.3 million people, about as many people as Portugal.
Counted as a country, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would rank 140th by area and 122nd by population.

Side by side

	Central African Republic	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Is a	CountryAfrica	RegionFrance
Area, measured	618,000 km²239,000 mi²	31,300 km²12,100 mi²
Official area	623,000 km²Wikidata	31,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	43rd of 239worldwide	10th of 18in France
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2023	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	122nd of 237worldwide	7th of 18in France
Density	8.3 per km²	165 per km²
Capital	Bangui	Marseille
Latitude range	2°N to 11°N	43°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 623,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 618,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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