Country size comparison

compared to

Sierra Leone is about 13 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, making Sierra Leone 7.77% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (216.4 million fewer people live in Sierra Leone).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Sierra Leone uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share

Compare further: Sierra Leone vs. Nigeria

Flip Comparison · See true size
See Sierra Leone on top of Nigeria
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 12 statistics
Be 4.3 times more likely to have internet access in Nigeria
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Nigeria is 4.0% more expensive than Sierra Leone overall
→
Moving from Sierra Leone to Nigeria · UN DESA 2020
4,363 people born in Sierra Leone live in Nigeria.
→