Country size comparison

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Colombia is about 1.2 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Colombia is approximately 1,138,910 sq km, making Colombia 23% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (176.0 million fewer people live in Colombia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Colombia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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