Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 7 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 14.23% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (220.3 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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