Country size comparison
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Gabon is about 1.6 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 55% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (4.4 million fewer people live in Gabon).
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