Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1.6 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 62.97% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (222.7 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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