Country size comparison
compared to
Libya is about 1.9 times bigger than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km,
while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making
Libya 90% larger than Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people
(217.9 million fewer people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of
Nigeria
vs.
Libya
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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