Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 5 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 424% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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