Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 6 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 15.66% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (222.0 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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