Country size comparison

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Niger is about 18 times bigger than Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 1,666% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (15.8 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sierra Leone vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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