Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 82 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 8,075% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (222.7 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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