Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.6 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 59% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (222.7 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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