Country size comparison

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Malta is about 2,923 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 0.03% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (224.6 million fewer people live in Malta).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Malta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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