how big is nigeria

Nigeria covers an area of about 924,000 square kilometres , making it one of the largest countries in West Africa and roughly a bit larger than Pakistan in land size.

Basic size facts

• Total area: about 923,768–923,769 square kilometres (around 356,669 square miles).

• Land area: about 910,770 square kilometres; the rest is water (rivers, lakes and other inland waters).

• Global ranking: around the low 30s in the world by total area (often listed as 31st or 32nd-largest country).

How that size compares

• In African terms, Nigeria is smaller than giants like Algeria or the Democratic Republic of Congo, but still counts as a large West African country by land area.

• Compared with regions you might know: it is a bit smaller than South Australia, a bit smaller than British Columbia in Canada, and a little less than three times the size of New Mexico in the United States.

Shape, location and stretch

• Nigeria stretches from the Sahel in the north down to the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic coast, giving it both inland and coastal zones within that 923,000+ square kilometre area.

• The country’s land borders run a bit over 4,000 kilometres in total, touching Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Chad to the northeast and Cameroon to the east and southeast.

TL;DR: Nigeria is a large West African country of about 924,000 square kilometres in area, with most of that as land and a smaller share as water, ranking a little above 30th in the world by size.

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