Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 2.6 times smaller than Gabon.

Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 38.31% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (5.7 million more people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gabon vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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