Country size comparison

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Niger is about 1.4 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 72.01% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (17.3 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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