Country size comparison

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Russia is about 19 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 1,751% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (83.1 million fewer people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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