Country size comparison
compared to
Nigeria is about 74 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 7,262% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (221.5 million more people live in Nigeria).
This to-scale comparison of
Connecticut
vs.
Nigeria
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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