Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 1.4 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 70.83% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (120.8 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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