Country size comparison

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New York is about 10 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 9.65% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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