Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 36 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 3,549% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (219.3 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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