Niger is about 2.7 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 174% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (14.9 million more people live in Niger).
This to-scale comparison of Papua New Guinea vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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