Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.2 times bigger than Turkey.

Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 18% larger than Turkey. Meanwhile, the population of Turkey is ~83.0 million people (142.0 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Turkey vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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