Country size comparison

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Niger is around the same size as Mali.

Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 2% larger than Mali. Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people (3.7 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mali vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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