Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 958 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 0.1% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (224.9 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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