Gabon is 1.06× the size of Guinea

Gabon covers about 260,000 km² (100,000 mi²) and Guinea about 244,000 km² (94,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

260,000km²Gabon
244,000km²Guinea

200 km

Gabon
Guinea

What fits

Guinea is 94% of the size of Gabon.
Gabon is larger by 15,700 km² (6,050 mi²), which is 6.4% of the area of Guinea.
Measured in Belgiums: Gabon is about 8.48, Guinea about 7.97.

How they differ

Gabon is larger, but Guinea has the larger population: 17.5 million against 2.0 million, 8.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Guinea against 7.8 in Gabon: Guinea is 9.21× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,800 km apart.
Together Gabon and Guinea cover 504,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 15,700 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Guinea's density, Gabon would have 18.6 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Gabon's density, Guinea would have 1.9 million (it has 17.5 million).
Guinea's centre is 11.0° of latitude, about 1,230 km, farther north than Gabon's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Gabon	1.06×
More people	Guinea	8.65×
More crowded	Guinea	9.21×
Farther north	Guinea	11.0° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Gabon	Guinea
Belgium 30,700 km²	8.48×	7.97×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.07×	1.00×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.73×	0.68×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.70×	0.65×
France 548,000 km²	0.47×	0.45×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Gabon	Guinea
Area, main territory	260,000 km²100,000 mi²	244,000 km²94,300 mi²
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2017	17.5 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	7.8 per km²	72 per km²
Official area	268,000 km²Wikidata	246,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Libreville	Conakry
Latitude range	4°S to 2°N	7°N to 13°N
Continent	Africa	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 260,000 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 246,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 244,000 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Gabon

Similar in size to Guinea

More comparisons

Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

Full method