Country size comparison

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Tanzania is around the same size as Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 3% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (161.2 million fewer people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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