Country size comparison

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Minnesota is about 4.5 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 22.32% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (219.8 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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