Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 1.9 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 85% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (705,742 fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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