Country size comparison
compared to
Gabon is about 4.5 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 21.96% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (55.2 million fewer people live in Gabon).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Gabon
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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