Country size comparison

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Gabon is around the same size as Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 13% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (5.4 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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