Country size comparison

compared to

Belgium is about 30 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 3.3% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (213.2 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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