Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 2 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 48.75% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (214.6 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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