Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 5 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 424% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (221.7 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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