Country size comparison

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Texas is about 1.4 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 73.4% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (205.8 million fewer people live in Texas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Texas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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