Country size comparison

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Latvia is about 14 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, making Latvia 6.99% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (235.7 million fewer people live in Latvia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Latvia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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