Country size comparison
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Nigeria is about 48 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 4,709% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (216.3 million more people live in Nigeria).
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