Country size comparison

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Kenya is about 1.6 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, making Kenya 62.83% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (169.2 million fewer people live in Kenya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Kenya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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