Country size comparison

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Greenland is about 2.3 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Greenland is approximately 2,166,086 sq km, making Greenland 134% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (225.0 million fewer people live in Greenland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Greenland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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