Country size comparison
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Nigeria is about 1.6 times bigger than Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 57% larger than Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (196.9 million more people live in Nigeria).
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