Country size comparison

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Mali is about 1.3 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 34% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (212.3 million fewer people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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