Country size comparison
compared to
Gabon is around the same size as Western Sahara.
Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, making Gabon 1% larger than Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (1.7 million more people live in Gabon).
This to-scale comparison of
Western Sahara
vs.
Gabon
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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