Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 2 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 105% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (214.6 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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