Country size comparison
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Nigeria is about 8 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 660% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (222.1 million more people live in Nigeria).
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