Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.4 times bigger than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 45% larger than Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~19.7 million people (217.9 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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