Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 2.1 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 48.53% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (66.0 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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