Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 14 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 1,308% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (201.9 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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