Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 2.6 times smaller than Algeria.

Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 38.79% the size of Algeria. Meanwhile, the population of Algeria is ~44.2 million people (180.9 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Algeria vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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