Country size comparison
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Nigeria is about 5,219 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 521,803% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~693,645 people (236.8 million more people live in Nigeria).
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