Country size comparison

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Maldives is about 3,100 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.03% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (224.7 million fewer people live in Maldives).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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