Country size comparison

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France is about 1.7 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 59.7% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (156.8 million fewer people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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