Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.6 times bigger than Kenya.

Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 59% larger than Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (169.2 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kenya vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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