Country size comparison

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Niger is about 5 times bigger than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 406% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (14.6 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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