Country size comparison

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Niger is about 3.4 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 235% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (99.7 million fewer people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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