Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 7 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 603% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (220.3 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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