Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 3.4 times bigger than Colorado.

Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 244% larger than Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (220.1 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Colorado vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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