Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 5 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 19.08% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (234.1 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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