Country size comparison

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Kentucky is about 12 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 8.12% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (20.1 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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