Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 1.4 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 70.61% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (186.7 million fewer people live in Afghanistan).
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