Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 2.7 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 37.02% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (219.5 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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