Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 8 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 686% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (218.9 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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