Country size comparison
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Nigeria is about 44 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 4,290% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (218.5 million more people live in Nigeria).
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