Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 6 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 544% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (15.1 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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