Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 3.9 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 290% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (217.3 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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