Country size comparison

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Kentucky is about 9 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 11.14% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (220.7 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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