Country size comparison

compared to

Egypt is around the same size as Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, making Egypt 8% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (117.3 million fewer people live in Egypt).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Egypt uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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