Country size comparison

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France is about 2.3 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 43.53% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (43.8 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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