Gabon is about 2.2 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 119% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (17.0 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.