Country size comparison

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Australia is about 8 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 738% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (198.9 million fewer people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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