Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.3 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 75.78% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (167.6 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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