Country size comparison
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Turkmenistan is about 1.9 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 52.84% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (229.9 million fewer people live in Turkmenistan).
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