Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 2.4 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 144% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (114.2 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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