Country size comparison

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Ghana is about 3.9 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, making Ghana 25.82% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (192.0 million fewer people live in Ghana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Ghana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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