Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 1.2 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 20% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (111.4 million fewer people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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