Country size comparison

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Suriname is about 6 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, making Suriname 17.73% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (224.4 million fewer people live in Suriname).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Suriname uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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