Country size comparison

compared to

Malaysia is about 2.8 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 35.71% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (191.2 million fewer people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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