Country size comparison
South Africa
compared to
Gabon
South Africa is about 4.5 times bigger than Gabon.
Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 355% larger than Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (55.2 million more people live in South Africa).
We have positioned the outline of Gabon near the middle of South Africa.
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Gabon
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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