Country size comparison
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District of Columbia is about 5,219 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.02% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (236.8 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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