Country size comparison

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Gambia is about 82 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 1.22% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (234.7 million fewer people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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