Country size comparison

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Gabon is about 2.6 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 161% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (5.7 million fewer people live in Gabon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Gabon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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