Country size comparison

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Denmark is about 21 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, making Denmark 4.67% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (231.5 million fewer people live in Denmark).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Denmark uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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