Country size comparison
compared to
Niger is about 1.9 times bigger than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 94% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (13.9 million fewer people live in Niger).
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