Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 3.9 times smaller than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 25.97% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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