Louisiana is about 8 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 12.21% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (220.5 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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