Country size comparison

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Malawi is about 8 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 12.83% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (204.3 million fewer people live in Malawi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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