Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.6 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 62.36% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~737,270 people (236.8 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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