Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 15,396 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.01% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (237.5 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.