Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.7 times bigger than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 68% larger than France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (156.8 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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