Country size comparison

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Sri Lanka is about 14 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, making Sri Lanka 7.1% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (201.9 million fewer people live in Sri Lanka).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Sri Lanka uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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