New York is about 8 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 13.24% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (205.7 million fewer people live in New York).
This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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