Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 2.8 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 180% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (191.2 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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