Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 6 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 16.24% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (84.4 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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