Country size comparison

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New York is about 2.2 times smaller than Gabon.

Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 45.68% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (17.0 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gabon vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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