Country size comparison
compared to
Gabon is around the same size as Western Sahara.
Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km,
while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making
Gabon 1% larger than Western Sahara.
Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people
(1.7 million more people live in Gabon).
This to-scale comparison of
Western Sahara
vs.
Gabon
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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