Country size comparison
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Gabon is about 1.5 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 66.27% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (34.9 million fewer people live in Gabon).
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