Minnesota is about 6 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 16.27% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (19.2 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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