Country size comparison

 South Africa
compared to
 Nigeria

South Africa is about 1.3 times bigger than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 32% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (167.6 million fewer people live in South Africa). We have positioned the outline of Nigeria near the middle of South Africa.
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This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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