Country size comparison

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Italy is about 3.1 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 32.62% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (164.0 million fewer people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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