Country size comparison
compared to
Western Sahara is around the same size as Gabon.
Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 99.38% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.6 million people (2.0 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
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