Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 35 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 3,407% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~14.6 million people (223.0 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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