Country size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
Gabon
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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