Central African Republic
Africa · Middle Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Bangui
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Population (2025)
- 5.5 million (5,513,282) · rank 118 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 622,980 km² · rank 44 of 193
- People per km²
- 8.8 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Central African Republic, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Central African Republic in the map data: 6.
- Cameroon capitals 780 km apart
- Chad capitals 940 km apart
- DR Congo capitals 1,030 km apart
- Republic of the Congo capitals 1,030 km apart
- South Sudan capitals 1,440 km apart
- Sudan capitals 1,970 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Cameroon, Ukraine, Lesotho, United Kingdom.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Central African Republic is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Italiano | Repubblica Centrafricana | Bangui |
| Magyar | Közép-afrikai Köztársaság | Bangui |
| Suomi | Keski-Afrikan tasavalta | Bangui |