Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 4.5 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 21.96% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (55.2 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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