Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 13 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 1,215% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (219.8 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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