Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 2 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 104% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (2.4 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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