Country size comparison

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China is about 10 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 939% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (1.2 billion more people live in China).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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