Country size comparison
compared to
Nigeria is about 6 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making
Nigeria 542% larger than Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(212.3 million more people live in Nigeria).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
Nigeria
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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