Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 1.2 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 81.15% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (31.5 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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