Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 7 times bigger than Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 609% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (218.8 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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