Country size comparison

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Mali is around the same size as Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 97.88% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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