Country size comparison
compared to
Iran is about 1.8 times bigger than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 78% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (138.3 million fewer people live in Iran).
This to-scale comparison of
Nigeria
vs.
Iran
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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