Country size comparison

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Peru is about 1.4 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 39% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (203.0 million fewer people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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