Country size comparison

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Japan is about 1.4 times bigger than Gabon.

Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 41% larger than Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (121.9 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gabon vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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