Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1.4 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 69.03% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (212.7 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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