Country size comparison
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Nigeria is about 8 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 666% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (199.1 million more people live in Nigeria).
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