Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 9 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 11.1% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (217.1 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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