Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 35 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 2.85% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (211.9 million fewer people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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