Country size comparison
compared to
Gabon is about 2.2 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 122% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (23.6 million fewer people live in Gabon).
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