Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 1.2 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 81.47% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (205.4 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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