Country size comparison

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Turkey is about 1.2 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, making Turkey 84.82% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (142.0 million fewer people live in Turkey).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Turkey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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