Country size comparison
compared to
Gabon is about 1.7 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 57.83% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (7.3 million fewer people live in Gabon).
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