Country size comparison
compared to
Gabon is about 1.9 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making
Gabon 86% larger than Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(10.5 million fewer people live in Gabon).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
Gabon
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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