Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 9 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 801% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (217.1 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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