Country size comparison

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Nigeria is around the same size as Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 92.24% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~118.4 million people (119.2 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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