Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.8 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 56.05% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (138.3 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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